KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by OCI Global (OCI) to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI’s 3,000 metric tons per day Texas Blue Clean Ammonia facility, in Texas. Under the…
Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) announced the start-up of its propylene glycol (PG) capacity expansion at its integrated manufacturing facility in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The low capital intensity, higher-return, incremental investment increases propylene glycol capacity by 80,000 metric tons…
INEOS Inovyn has launched two new PVC pilot plants at the company's Jemeppe-sur-Sambre site in Belgium, to accelerate technologies for recycling PVC which is not mechanically recyclable today. This project forms part of a strategic ‘Project Circle’ initiative, which aims…
Honeywell International Inc. announced a new naphtha to ethane and propane (NEP) process that will help to improve the efficiency of light olefin production and lower CO2 emissions per metric ton of olefin produced. Ethane and propane are the ideal…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) is working in partnership with Juno, a Georgia-Pacific (GP) company, on the delivery of its groundbreaking waste recovery solution. Juno Technology can divert up to 90% of the municipal waste it processes away from landfills and…
Dow Inc. (Midland, Mich.) announced the mechanical completion of its new VORATRON Polyurethanes Systems adhesive and gap filler production line at its Polyurethanes Systems House in Ahlen, Germany. Dow will increase capacity of its VORATRON Polyurethane Systems product family tenfold…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the establishment of a new distribution hub in Hungary for its polyolefins grades. This distribution hub in Hungary is an important addition to the LyondellBasell global footprint. In addition to existing distribution…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo) announced plans to establish a new company, Shin-Etsu Silicone (Pinghu) Co., Ltd., in Zhejiang Province, China, and construct a new silicone products plant to expand its silicone business. Shin-Etsu Chemical established Zhejiang Shin-Etsu High-Tech Chemical Co.,…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has been selected by HIF Global (Houston), the world’s leading eFuels company, as the methanol licensor for HIF Global’s Paysandú eFuels project in Uruguay. The facility would be the largest e-methanol plant in South America…
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that its Sustainable Technology Solutions business, Nextchem, has finalized the acquisition of 100% of GasConTec GmbH (GCT), an innovative company specialized in technology development and process engineering. Founded in 2017, GCT is located in Bad Homburg,…