Mycon General Contractors, Inc. (Dallas, Tex.), in conjunction with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Marubeni Plant Contractor, Inc. (MPCI), has begun construction on an electronic-grade sulfuric acid (ELSA) manufacturing facility in Plainview, Texas. The chemical plant will supply electronic-grade sulfuric acid, a…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has announced a two-and-a-half-fold increase of its organic peroxide production capacities at its Changshu site in China. This investment of around €50 million will enable the Group to support its Asian customers in fast-growing markets, particularly…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is expanding its growing portfolio of 14C bio-based monomers with a proprietary process for production of 2-Octyl Acrylate (2-OA). The new product underlines BASF’s strong commitment to innovation for a sustainable future with 73% 14C-tracable bio-based…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is expanding its specialty silicone manufacturing capacities in China. A kick-off event at the Zhangjiagang site in Jiangsu Province marks the start of construction of several new production lines, where the globally operating chemical group…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced a strategic collaboration with ESS Tech, Inc. (ESS; Wilsonville, Ore.) to advance technology development and market adoption of iron flow battery (IFB) energy storage systems. Honeywell has made an investment in ESS as part of this…
As part of the National Aviation Conference, Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), DHL Group (Bonn, Germany) and HH2E (Hamburg, Germany) have signed an agreement for the setup of a joint initiative aimed at building potential production capacities for sustainable aviation…
Eramet Group (Paris) and Suez (France) have announced Dunkirk, France as the location for their future industrial complex for recycling lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. This project will enable the strategic metals used in batteries to be recycled in a…
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has agreed to invest in a renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil/HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production business operated by Galp SGPS, S.A., Portugal's largest energy company. A joint venture company will be established once…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will make inroads into the lithium-phosphate-iron (LFP) cathode materials business in partnership with China’s Huayou Group. In addition, LG Chem will start vertical integration of its cathode supply chain. LG Chem…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced that Shinsol Advanced Chemicals, a dynamic collaboration between Solvay and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation, inaugurated its electronic-grade hydrogen peroxide plant in Tainan, Taiwan. The joint venture aims at adressing the increasing demand for semiconductors in…