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Toray adds ABS production capacity with new plant in Malaysia

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has boosted Toray Group’s worldwide production and distribution capacities of its TOYOLAC Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) resin transparent grade, through its latest facilities set up at Prai Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia. The plant set up…

Ineos Styrolution and LyondellBasell join Cyclyx recycling consortium

Cyclyx International, a consortium-based feedstock management company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic from 10% to 90%, has announced that LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) have joined Cyclyx as founding members. LyondellBasell…

Process heater manufacturer expands with new office facility

Process heater manufacturer Exotherm Corp. has moved to a new office located in Magnolia, Texas. This new office location has increased the company's office space from 4,500 sq feet to 7,200 sq feet with the ability to expand further to…

Indorama to acquire Oxiteno for $1.3 billion

Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced plans to acquire a 100% equity stake in Oxiteno S.A. – Indústria e Comércio (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and its affiliates. IVL, through affiliates incorporated in Brazil and Spain, signed a Share Purchase…

KBR to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy from Babcock International

KBR, Inc. (Houston) has entered into a definitive agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd., a leading provider of systems engineering, assurance and technology advisory services, for approximately $400 million in cash. Frazer-Nash delivers high-end systems…

PPG starts up sealants manufacturing plant in Morocco

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the startup of a facility in Tangier, Morocco, that will produce automotive sealants for local vehicle production. The plant, which marks the company’s first automotive coatings production facility in Africa, initially will supply materials for Renault…

PureCycle partners with SK Global Chemical to build ultra-pure recycling plant in South Korea

 PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Global Chemical Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) as a first step to enable the building and operating of a recycling facility in South Korea to transform polypropylene (PP) waste…

Chemours joins Hydrogen Europe association

The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced it has joined Hydrogen Europe, the leading European association working to advance fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) technologies. Chemours joins Hydrogen Europe’s membership at a crucial time when investment in green hydrogen production via…

Grace-Chevron JV wins catalyst-management contract from Bapco

Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), the joint venture (JV) between W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) and Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), announced the award of a full-cycle catalyst management (FCM) agreement by state-owned Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco). The…

Mitsubishi Chemical to develop plastics-recycling plant based on Mura’s HydroPRS process

Mura Technology, Ltd. has announced that, following Mura and KBR’s licensing agreement Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) for the HydroPRS technology, MCC has decided to develop its first HydroPRS (Hydrothermal Plastic-Recycling Solution) project in Japan. HydroPRS, the process which is…