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BASF completes superabsorbent polymers expansion project in Texas

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen Germany) announced that its Petrochemicals division has completed its upgrades for Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) after a $19.2 million investment into its Freeport, Texas site. The project, which began in 2023, involved the installation of new equipment to…

Air Liquide to supply oxygen to LG Chem for battery plant in Tennessee

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will invest around $150 million  to expand its production capacity and pipeline network in Tennessee, in the context of a new long-term contract with LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea). Supplying oxygen to LG Chem’s future…

Mitsubishi Chemical Group expands production capacity for ion-exchange resins

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG Group; Tokyo) has decided to increase its production capacity of ion-exchange resins used to produce ultrapure water for use in semiconductor manufacturing processes at Mitsubishi Chemical’s Kyushu-Fukuoka Plant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The…

Toyo Engineering awarded FEED contract for Braskem-SCG joint ethylene project in Thailand

 Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for an ethanol to ethylene production facility by Braskem Siam Company Ltd. This company is a joint venture between Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) and SCG Chemicals…

How Digitalization is Shaping Manufacturing

This whitepaper details how industrial manufacturing plants can follow a road map to digital maturity. When done right digitalization will benefit production, security, safety, compliance, sustainability, and profitability.
 In this whitepaper you will learn: How emerging technologies continue to revolutionize…

Vianode inaugurates graphite anode manufacturing plant in Norway

Vianode, an advanced battery materials company providing anode graphite solutions, has officially opened its first full-scale Via ONE anode graphite production plant at Herøya, Norway. The production ramp-up represents a significant step in building a European value chain for batteries…

ABB Robotics and Molg partnering on datacenter e-waste handling

ABB Robotics is collaborating with U.S. startup Molg to create robotic microfactories to recover and recycle datacenter operators’ disused electronic equipment, commonly known as e-waste. With global e-waste projected to rise to 75 million tons by 2030, the microfactories will…

Sensing the Future – Measuring up for a sustainable future of chemicals production

Chemical plants navigate unchartered waters – using smart measurement technology to meet regulatory challenges Chemical producers face ever increasing pressure from customers, governments and society to meet stricter environmental and safety regulations, while maintaining competitiveness and growth. Measurement technology is…

CB&I awarded contract by Saipem Clough JV for Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers project in Western Australia

CB&I  (Houston) has been awarded a sizeable lump sum contract by the Saipem Clough joint venture for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of ammonia storage and other process tanks for the Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilizers Urea Plant located on the…

Evonik reorganizes Coating & Adhesive Resins and Health Care business units

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is reorganizing two business lines to strengthen their growth prospects. Coating & Adhesive Resins and Health Care will focus on and concentrate future investments in their respective core businesses. The remaining businesses outside these cores…