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Albemarle chooses Metso equipment for world-class lithium project in Western Australia
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has been awarded a major contract to supply pyro-processing and comminution equipment for a new lithium-hydroxide processing plant at Albemarle Corp.'s Kemerton site near Bunbury in South Western Australia. The construction of this greenfield project…
Toray to establish new water-treatment membrane company in China
Toray Industries, Inc., (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) has decided to establish a new company in Foshan, China that will engage in production and sales of water-treatment membrane products, including reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), ultrafiltration (UF), microfiltration (MF) and membrane bioreactor…
BASF to increase capacity for alkylethanolamines in Ludwigshafen
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will increase the production capacity of alkylethanolamines (AEOA) by 20% at the BASF Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. After the start-up in 2020, BASF’s global annual nameplate capacity of AEOA will be more than 110,000…
Ube Industries acquires resin compounding company in Spain
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced that its consolidated subsidiary, UBE Corporation Europe S.A.U. (UCE), has decided to acquire Spanish compound manufacturer Repol S.L. and has entered into an agreement for the transfer of shares. Details of the…
Nouryon begins production of new dibenzoyl peroxide product
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) has started production of a new version of its dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO), Perkadox GB-50, at Los Reyes, Mexico. It is the first dry BPO on the market that does not use the desensitizing agent…
BASF to expand production capacity for sodium methylate in Brazil
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will increase the production capacity for its sodium methylate plant in Guaratinguetá, Brazil. The nameplate capacity will increase by 30%, from currently 60,000 metric tons to 80,000 metric tons. The new capacity will come onstream…
Meros off-gas cleaning systems supplied by Primetals Technologies started up at Kardemir
In December 2018, a Meros off-gas cleaning plant supplied by Primetals Technologies, Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com) was started up at sinter plant No. 3 of Turkish steel producer Karabük Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir), followed by the Meros…
Emerson acquires KNet software from Integration Objects
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced that it has acquired KnowledgeNet (KNet) software from Tunisia-based Integration Objects. KNet’s unique analytics application software accelerates digital transformation initiatives for process and hybrid industries. KNet is used to extract, clean, transform and analyze…
Evonik to double production capacity for transparent polyamides
Due to increasing global demand for high-performance polymers, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is expanding its production of transparent polyamides of the Trogamid CX brand at the Marl Chemical Park (Germany). Production expansion is scheduled for completion in the…
Celanese names Lori Ryerkerk as new CEO
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) today announced that Mark Rohr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will assume the position of Executive Chairman of Celanese’s Board of Directors. After an extensive search, the Board has selected Lori Ryerkerk to succeed…