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Nuberg EPC awarded contract for India’s largest chlor-alkali project for Adani Group

Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India), a Global EPC and turnkey project management company, is proud to announce its latest undertaking: India’s largest Chlor-Alkali project, commissioned by Mundra Petrochemical Ltd. (MPL), a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. This pioneering project is poised…

Lummus and Braskem to jointly study electrified cracking project

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced that the companies will carry out joint studies related to the industrial demonstration of Lummus' SRT-e electric cracking heater to decarbonize one of Braskem's sites in Brazil. The Joint Study…

OQ achieves mechanical completion for propyls project in Texas

OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) has achieved mechanical completion in its ‘Propel’ project, short for ‘Propyls Elevated’, at its Bay City, Tex., production site. This project is a crucial part of OQ Chemicals’ strategy to expand its portfolio…

Versalis completes acquisition of compounding firm Tecnofilm

Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of Tecnofilm S.p.A., a specialist company operating in the compounding sector following the approval of the competent authorities.    Tecnofilm, a family-owned company based in the Le Marche…

Fujifilm invests $1.2 billion to expand biomanufacturing site in North Carolina

Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced an investment of $1.2 billion in its Large-Scale Cell Culture CDMO Business to further expand the planned FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies end-to-end bio-manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, bringing the total investment in the facility to…

Synthomer to divest its latex compounding business

 Synthomer Plc (London, U.K.) announced an agreement to divest its latex compounding operations (the Compounds business) to Belgian company Matco NV, a leader in compounds, water-based adhesives, and solutions for various industrial applications, for consideration of c.€27.5 million. The Compounds…

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to expand production capacity for electronic materials in Texas

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC; Tokyo) has decided to expand the Texas Plant operated by MGC Pure Chemicals America, Inc. (MPCA), a consolidated subsidiary that manufactures and markets super-pure hydrogen peroxide and super-pure ammonium hydroxide for use during the manufacturing…

Vantage Specialty Chemicals expands tuarate production capacity in Germany

Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a leading manufacturer and supplier of bio-based ingredients built on core surfactant chemistries, is expanding taurate capacity at its major manufacturing site in Leuna, Germany. The expansion will meet customer demand and anticipated market…

MOL Group inaugurates green-hydrogen plant in Hungary

MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) has inaugurated a 10-megawatt capacity green hydrogen plant in Százhalombatta, which is the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. The €22-million investment will reduce the Danube Refinery's carbon dioxide emissions by 25 000 tons. MOL will…

Cepsa launches breakthrough traceability platform for low-carbon chemicals

Cepsa Química (Madrid, Spain) announced the first global methodology to ensure traceability in the production of low-carbon linear alkylbenzene (LAB), produced from renewable energies, validated by AENOR (the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification). The plant that Cepsa Química has…