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Linde starts up high-purity nitrogen supply at Shanghai EverDisplay
Linde (www.linde.com) announced that it has started up its new air separation plants to supply a combined 720 tons per day of high-purity nitrogen to Shanghai EverDisplay Optronics Co., Ltd. (EDO) supporting its sixth-generation AMOLED project. Under the terms of…
SNC-Lavalin awarded commissioning services contract for ExxonMobil-SABIC petrochemicals project
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a major commissioning services contract with ExxonMobil/SABIC for their Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) petrochemical facility in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. The chemical facility consists of a 1.8 million metric ton…
New software tool evaluates recyclability of packaging materials
Recyclable packaging is a prerequisite for a functioning circular economy. In order to quickly and reliably determine the recyclability of new packaging, Henkel uses its specially developed software tool EasyD4R. Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com) has now made this assessment tool…
ABB wins refinery modernization contract in Kazakhstan
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won a multi-million-dollar order to modernize a major oil refinery in Kazakhstan, as the Republic’s ‘Digital Kazakhstan’ program seeks to elevate economic sectors including the oil, gas and chemicals industry and accelerate growth nationally with…
Arkema to acquire photoinitiator specialist Lambson
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has announced a project to acquire Lambson, a company specializing in photoinitiators for curing, a technology meeting the demands of cutting-edge markets such as electronics, 3D printing, digital ink, composites and high-performance coatings. These solutions will…
Indorama acquires Italian polyester and yarn manufacturer
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indoramaventures.com) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Italy-based Sinterama S.p.A, a leading Global polyester automotive interiors and high performance colored yarns manufacturer. The acquisition comprises five production sites…
Lenzing starts up expanded pulp-production plant
Lenzing AG (Lenzing, Austria; www.lenzing.com) has concluded its expansion and modernization drive at its pulp plant at the Lenzing site. The company invested EUR 60 million for this purpose, increasing production capacities for dissolving pulp extracted from beech wood from…
Suez to build and operate major wastewater-treatment plant near New Delhi
Delhi Jal Board, the authority in charge of water management in New Delhi, has awarded SUEZ (Paris; www.suez.com) the contract to build and operate a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 564,000 m3/day at Okhla, South of New Delhi,…
Huntsman to acquire Sasol’s stake in maleic anhydride joint venture
Huntsman Corporation (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) to acquire the 50% interest that Huntsman does not own in the Sasol-Huntsman maleic anhydride joint venture (JV). The…
BASF to build tert-butylamine production plant in Nanjing
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to invest in a second production plant for tert-butylamine (tBA) at BASF Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd (BSNJ) in Nanjing, China. With this expansion, BASF’s global annual production capacity of tBA will increase by more…