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Hexion completes capacity expansion for fire-protection product at Montana site

Hexion Holdings Corp. (Columbus, Ohio) has completed the expansion of its Missoula, Montana site in support of its ArmorBuilt Wildfire Shield product. This expansion was first announced in February 2022. Hexion’s ArmorBuilt Fire Protection product offers a durable, fire mitigation…

ExxonMobil to divest its interest in Esso Thailand

ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) has reached an agreement with Bangchak Corporation to sell its interest in Esso Thailand that includes the Sriracha Refinery, select distribution terminals, and a network of Esso-branded retail stations, delivering on its commitment to strengthen value and…

Borealis acquires majority stake in recycling technology firm Renasci

Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria) has acquired a majority stake in Renasci N.V., a Belgium-based provider of innovative recycling solutions and the creator of the novel Smart Chain Processing (SCP) concept. Borealis announced a supply agreement with Renascil Borealis now announces…

LG Chem plans to produce plastics from marine-waste materials

LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it entered into an MOU for building a resource-circulation system by recycling marine wastes with NETSPA, a leading company in resource circulation. Through this MOU, LG Chem will be able to stably secure…

Entegris to expand production capacity of Electronic Chemicals facilities in Colorado and California

Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced plans to increase production and purification capacity for its Pueblo, Colorado, and Hollister, California, sites to support the anticipated increase in demand for its Electronic Chemicals business. Last month, the company announced plans to build…

Chemours to expand production of ion-exchange materials in France

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a $200 million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its industry-leading Nafion ion exchange materials to be located at Chemours’ manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. Chemours’ investment builds on the existing efforts…

Olin and Mitsui start up electrochemical JV in Houston

Olin Corp. (Clayton, Mo.) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) announced that the Blue Water Alliance JV, LLP has received all necessary regulatory approvals and it is beginning operations. Announced in March 2022, Blue Water Alliance (BWA) is a joint…

JM and bp announce successful production using FT CANS waste-to-fuels technology

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and bp plc (London) announced that their technology has enabled Fulcrum’s Sierra BioFuels Plant to successfully produce synthetic crude oil for clean transportation fuels.   Using JM and bp’s FT CANS technology, the Sierra plant…

John Cockerill enters agreement to build electrolyzer factory in Morocco

John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium), a specialist in alkaline electrolyzers, and a leading Moroccan energy company have reached an agreement to create a joint venture offering integrated green hydrogen solutions in Morocco. In particular, it will include an alkaline electrolyzer manufacturing…

Repsol joins forces with ASAJA to transform agricultural and livestock waste into renewable fuels

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) and ASAJA, the largest professional agricultural organization in Spain that represents more than 200,000 farmers and breeders, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote projects that focus on the circular economy to promote sustainability in rural…