Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) plans to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing its production operations in Europe. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The main…
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Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) and Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) have signed a project development agreement to develop the H2M Eemshaven low carbon hydrogen project in the Netherlands as partners. Equinor will secure access to carbon transport and storage capacity…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Stena Recycling, one of Europe´s leading recycling companies, offering comprehensive solutions in recycling and circular services, have entered into a black mass purchase agreement. This agreement is part of a broader collaboration envisaged by BASF…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced it has begun running a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project at its Clear Lake, Texas, site as part of its Fairway Methanol joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The project is expected to…
Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Silberline Group. The U.S. company specializes in developing and manufacturing effect pigments utilized in various applications, ranging from automotive coatings and printing inks to plastics, protective coatings, and…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that China Coal Shaanxi Yulin Energy & Chemical Co., Ltd. (China Coal Shaanxi), will use the LyondellBasell Spherizone, Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (Hostalen ACP) and Lupotech T technology for its new facility. The…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its blue ammonia technology has been selected by INPEX Corp. (Tokyo) and LSB Industries (Oklahoma City, OK.) for a large, commercial-scale clean ammonia production and export project in the US Gulf Coast. Under the terms…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it has completed a production capacity expansion of nearly 50% for its Levasil colloidal silica products at its manufacturing facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin, US. The increase addresses rising demand for colloidal silica, particularly…
Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) announced that it will begin production and sales of Tenax Carbon Fiber made with sustainable acrylonitrile (AN) using waste and residue from biomass-derived products or recycled raw materials that have received ISCC PLUS certification from the International…