Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it will increase its production capacity for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) to meet demand for mono-material food packaging, which is on the rise amid the growing need for sustainability. Specifically, the Shimizu Factory of Mitsui…
Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), announced a memorandum of understanding to leverage complementary positioning in hydrogen, natural gas, and other lower carbon fuel value chains. The announcement expands the…
Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has acquired the business of Imaginant Inc., a U.S. company that develops and manufactures test and measurement instruments based on ultrasound. With this acquisition, the specialty chemicals group has strategically expanded its BYK division and entered…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that Polaris Chemicals, Inc, a subsidiary established between Mitsui Chemicals and Kasano Kosan Corporation in 2021, has begun production of biocatalysts used in the production of acrylamide. Acrylamide is a raw material for polyacrylamide, which…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has started production in its new plant for polyurethane elastomers systems at its integrated site in Shanghai, China. Groundbreaking for it had been announced in summer 2022. The investment is in the double-digit million Euro range.…
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced the completion of the expansion of its recycling facility in Brazil, supported by a ‘Blue Loan’ from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank. The recycling facility, located in…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) has announced a planned increase of its globally in-demand ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH resin; Kuraray trademark: EVAL) production capacity in its bases of operation in the United States and Europe. A total of 5,000 metric tons per…
INEOS (London) has today completed the formation of a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Sinopec for the Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project, announced in December 2022, which is currently under construction by SINOPEC and expected to be on-stream by April 2024.…
Rio Tinto (London) has awarded Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) a detailed design and engineering contract for their continuous pilot plant (CPP) for the BioIron process for low-carbon ironmaking. The contract is an extension of the work that Rio Tinto and…
Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has been engaged by Australian renewable-energy firm Ark Energy Corp. Pty. Ltd. on behalf of the Han-Ho H2 Consortium to deliver a Feasibility Study to support the development of the Han-Ho H2 Hub Project. The…