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BASF doubles its polymer dispersions capacity in Dahej, India

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) completed the installation and start-up of a new acrylic dispersions production line in Dahej, India, serving the coatings, construction, adhesives and paper industries for the South Asian markets. BASF began production of polymer dispersions in Dahej,…

AkzoNobel invests €20 million to expand production capacities in France

AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced a €20-million investment to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France. A total of €15 million will be spent on the company’s aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which was taken…

2022 CEPCI updates: May (prelim.) and April (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for May 2022 (most recent available) is once again higher than the previous month’s value, continuing the string of monthly increases that has been observed since autumn 2020. In May…

Atotech starts production at new site in Mexico

Today, Atotech (Berlin, Germany; www.atotech.com), a leading specialty chemicals technology company and a market leader in advanced electroplating solutions, celebrated the inauguration of its new production site in Querétaro, Mexico. The site is located at Parque Industrial Aeropuerto (PIA) Colón…

Koch affiliate company signs EPC agreement with Fidelis New Energy for renewable fuels facility

Koch Engineered Solutions (Wichita, Kan.; www.kochengineeredsolutions.com) announced July 11 that its affiliate company, Optimized Process Designs (OPD), executed a definitive engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with Fidelis New Energy LLC (Houston; www.fidelisinfra.com) for the primary renewable fuels processing facility…

Shell subsidiary to build pyrolysis oil upgrader unit at Netherlands complex

Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk, a subsidiary of Shell plc (London, U.K.; www.shell.com), today announced a new investment that supports its plan to transition the chemicals park into a site able to supply more low-carbon products and products made using recycled…

Nexus Circular and Braskem sign MoU for recycled plastic materials

Nexus Circular LLC (Atlanta, Ga.; www.nexuscircular.com) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) today announced that they have signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to secure the production output from a new advanced recycling facility planned near Chicago, Ill. …

Grace invests in small molecule API expansion

W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com)  a global leader in specialty silica and fine chemicals, today announced it is proceeding with an expansion of its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) facility in South Haven, Mich. The expansion will…

SÜDPACK joins Science-Based-Targets Initiative (STBi) for reducing carbon footprint

Within the framework of its net-zero activities, SÜDPACK (Ochenhausen, Germany; www.suedpack.com) has joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) – and signed the commitment letter. The joint initiative of the U.N. Global Compact, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), World Resources Institute…

Axens to begin licensing Plastic Energy’s TAC process for advanced plastic recycling

Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Plastic Energy’s  (London, U.K.) thermal anaerobic conversion (TAC) process has now been fully integrated into Axens’ technology portfolio, thanks to…