Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) is expanding its total investment in its new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Taiwan to approximately $500 million over the next three years. The new facility, which is expected to generate approximately $500 million in annual revenue…
Saudi Aramco Technologies Co. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have formed a technology partnership with Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) in support of Axens’ AlphaButol licensed process to enhance 1-butene production by using the AFA (Anti-Fouling Agent) technology. The AFA technology,…
SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) to support the study for developing a petrochemical project in the Special Economic Zone of Duqm (SEZAD) in Oman. The non-binding MoU…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has entered into a long-term agreement with Laurentis Energy Partners, a leader in the clean-energy industry, to produce and distribute helium-3 (3He). This molecule is a rare isotope of helium used in quantum computing, quantum science,…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Heathland B.V., a leading collector and recycler of post-consumer (PCR, EoL) and post-industrial (PIR) plastic wastes in Europe. As a plastic waste collector and recycler based in Utrecht,…
Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) has announced plans to purchase a compounding facility in San Jose Iturbide, Mexico, growing its global footprint and expanding production capacity for high-performance engineered materials. The purchase agreement includes the assets of DM Color Mexicana, a…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that it will establish a separate mobile-emissions catalysts, automotive catalysts recycling and associated precious metal services entity. The new entity will be named BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling. The new standalone structure will prepare the…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia), Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, has launched its second world-scale petrochemical complex in Indonesia (CAP2 project) in response to the growing demand for domestic petrochemical products and reducing the dependence on…
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has acquired California-based Materia, Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.materia-inc.com), a technology company that has pioneered the development of a Nobel prize-winning technology for manufacturing a new class of materials. The innovative materials can be used…
Despite a challenging year, U.S. chemical production expanded in 2021 as the post-lockdown spending surge boosted demand for chemicals and other goods and materials, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Year-End 2021 Chemical Industry Situation and…