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Sulzer to provide technology package for renewable fuels plant in Malaysia

Sulzer Chemtech (Winterthur, Switzerland) will provide a BioFlux technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Malaysia. This new state-of-the-art facility will produce sustainable fuels with limited greenhouse gases emissions by…

MOL Group announces inauguration of Rossi Biofuel plant in Hungary

MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) announced that Rossi Biofuel (a joint venture wherein MOL Group and Envien Group are the 25-75% owners) inaugurated a new plant in Komárom, Hungary, which will significantly increase the biofuel production volume in the country. With…

OMV and ALBA Recycling to collaborate on new waste-sorting plant for chemical recycling

OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) and ALBA Recycling have started exclusive discussions to jointly build and operate an innovative sorting plant in Walldürn, Germany, for the further sorting of mixed plastic waste for chemical recycling. A final investment decision is expected…

BASF to expand production capacity of synthetic ester base stocks in China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will almost double the production capacity for its synthetic ester base stocks at its site in Jinshan, China. The investment comes in response to the rising demand for high-performance lubricants in Asia Pacific and further strengthens…

Scatec and Acme Group to build large-scale green ammonia complex in Oman

Scatec ASA (Oslo, Norway) signed an agreement with ACME Group (Haryana, India) to establish a 50/50 joint venture to design, develop, build, own and operate a large-scale green ammonia facility in Oman. The first phase of the facility is expected…

Saint-Gobain to increase glass-wool production capacity in France

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France), through its insulation subsidiary ISOVER, will invest €120 million, starting in 2022, to increase its insulation production capacity in France and support the acceleration of the energy renovation market. These investments will involve both increasing the capacity…

DuPont announces investment in membrane production facility in Ireland

DuPont Water Solutions, a DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) business, announced a major transformation of the OxyMem Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) at its manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland. The investment in the facilities and employees at the Athlone…

Toray Plastics (America) finalizes sale of manufacturing plant in Rhode Island

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. has completed the sale of its Old Baptist Road (OBR) plant building and assets to Trico Specialty Films of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, an affiliate of Arlin Mfg. Co., Inc., of Lowell, Massachusetts. The business was…

Air Products to build green hydrogen plant in Arizona

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that it will build, own and operate a 10 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen in Casa Grande, Arizona. The zero-carbon liquid hydrogen facility is expected to be on-stream in…

WACKER and SFC Energy sign letter of intent on supply and distribution of renewable methanol

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) and fuel-cell specialists SFC Energy AG have signed a letter of intent on the distribution of renewable methanol. The letter states that, starting in 2025, Wacker plans to supply SFC Energy with up to 2,000…