INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has announced a multi-million Euro investment in state-of-the-art technology that will enable it to work with converters, brands and retailers to develop simpler, more recyclable flexible packaging film. The investment could help to prevent around…
Carbon Clean (London) has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to global engineering experts, KBR, Inc. (Houston), for a groundbreaking carbon capture project at CEMEX’s Rüdersdorf plant in Germany. KBR will provide FEED services for the initial stage…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has launched a pilot project with technology company Finboot, advanced recycling pioneer Plastic Energy, and packaging specialist Intraplás to investigate the possibilities of blockchain technology in supporting end-to-end digital traceability of circular feedstock in customer products.…
BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.) is moving forward with the final phase of the expansion project for the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) plant at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana. With this third step of its multiphase capacity expansion, BASF…
Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Co., Ltd (SCIPIG), a subsidiary of Air Liquide S.A. (Paris), will invest more than 200 million euros to build two hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). These units…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been appointed as one of the Technical Advisors to Southern Green Hydrogen project in New Zealand. Producing green hydrogen at scale in New Zealand is a critical step to reducing the country’s reliance on imported…
Eastman (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced a planned increase of its Eastman Therminol 66 heat-transfer fluid manufacturing capacity in Anniston, Alabama. The plant expansion is expected to be complete in 2024 and will increase U.S.-based capacity by 50%. "We are significantly investing…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) is building a £80 million gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, U.K., to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the start of commercial operation of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) splitter at its Geismar site in Louisiana. The $180-million splitter gives Huntsman the ability to produce more high-value, differentiated grades from the…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada. For Umicore this investment represents the final step in establishing a truly global production presence with…