Nippon Shokubai Group (Otkyo) held an inauguration ceremony for the new acrylic acid (AA) facility with the production capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia. Nippon Shokubai Group manufactures superabsorbent polymers (SAP) for disposable diapers…
Koch Engineered Solutions LLC (KES) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chart Industries, Inc., a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered cryogenic equipment and processes for the industrial gas and other industries, positioning both companies to provide…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced that it will build a new global production plant for specialty crop nutrition products and biostimulants designed to increase yields and improve quality. The plant will be one of the largest in the world…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) inaugurated a new production line for high-performance Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPUs) that will be used for production of paint protection films (PPF). The new line is located at the company’s existing site in Changhua, Taiwan. The investment…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) is supporting Teck Resources Limited (Teck) in piloting a new carbon capture plant at the Teck smelter in Trail, British Columbia. Now in the detail design phase, this first-of-its-kind solution for capturing carbon from sulfide ores in…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Hystar, a Norwegian high-tech hydrogen company, have signed a three-year strategic supply agreement to ramp up renewable (green) hydrogen production. This delivers on JM’s published milestone of winning at least two strategic partnerships in…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a group of partners with the intent to set up ammonia production in Bontang, Indonesia. The resulting fertilizer can support the food consumption for 45 million people in Indonesia, approximately…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a capacity investment in its low global warming potential (GWP) Opteon 1100 foam blowing agent and Opteon SF33 specialty fluid. The expansion will triple capacity of the ultra-low GWP, hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) solution, enabling customers…
Carbon capture solutions provider Carbon Clean (London) has announced the award of a new contract to global engineering experts, KBR, Inc. (Houston) for the detailed design of a carbon capture plant for Ørsted's FlagshipONE project in Sweden. Carbon Clean was…
Xiamen Changsu Industrial Pte Ltd (Changsu Industrial) and TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) have announced a strategic cooperation agreement that will further advance the polylactic acid (PLA) industry. They will work together in the market promotion, product development, and research…