Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has begun demonstration testing for a material recycling project aimed at cutting down on plastic waste emissions. Mitsui Chemicals is focusing these efforts on flexible packaging materials, which are commonly used in food packaging.…
Wacker Chemie AG’s (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) new silicon-metal production plant officially went on stream at the Holla site in Norway today, following two and a half years of construction. The new furnace is one of the largest of its kind…
Berry Global Group, Inc. (Evansville, Ind.; www.berryglobal.com) announced its collaboration with global chemical industry leader, SABIC in driving the innovation and use of polyolefin resins made from chemical recycling. The companies boast a longtime partnership and focus on their shared…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) has announced plans to process 50 tons of post-consumer polystyrene feedstock daily. Polystyrene depolymerization essentially takes polystyrene waste and recycles it back into the original styrene monomer for use in new applications, making it circular. Additionally,…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that construction planning is now set to proceed for the Fawley Strategy (FAST) Project. ExxonMobil’s U.K. affiliate, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd., has received planning permission from the New Forest District Council for the new…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) set up by the State of Kuwait to manage refinery, petrochemicals and LNG import operations at the Al-Zour complex, has selected Honeywell…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com), the Durance, Luberon, Verdon urban area (DLVA) and ENGIE are signing a cooperation agreement to develop the “HyGreen Provence” project, which aims at producing, storing and distributing green hydrogen. Recently, the world's largest "green" hydrogen…
Siemens Digital Industries Software (Plano, Tex.; www.sw.siemens.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Atlas 3D, Inc., a Plymouth, Indiana-based developer of software that works with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) printers to automatically provide design engineers with…
The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), operating under the Chemetall brand (www.chemetall.com), has inaugurated a new laboratory and office building in Langelsheim, Germany. This completes the expansion of the production…
Teijin Aramid B.V. (Arnhem, the Netherlands; www.teijinaramid.com) announced a second round of activities to increase its production capacity. As announced at the end of 2017, targeting more than 25% capacity increase in five years, the company has been proceeding with the expansion project…