Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary PT. MC PET Film Indonesia (MFI) will build a new facility to increase its polyester film production capacity. MFI will invest about $130 million dollars in the new…
Axens (Rueil Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and SP3H (Technopole Arbois Méditerranée, France; www.sp3h.com) have signed a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize an industrial application of the microanalyzer developed by SP3H for the refining, biofuel and petrochemical markets. This rugged, smart…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) is expanding its remote monitoring services for the mining industry by opening its first Metso performance center in Santiago, Chile, and by building up capabilities for a second center in Changsha, China. Additional centers will…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has expanded its production capacity for the high-purity C13 alcohol isotridecanol (ITDA) at the Marl Chemical Park. This will enable the specialty chemicals group to continue to build on its position as one of…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) has announced that DuPont Electronics & Imaging (E&I) signed an agreement to sell its Compound Semiconductor Solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron, a leading silicon wafer supplier to the semiconductor market based in South Korea. The…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has successfully completed its mechanical construction scope of work on MEGlobal’s world-class ethylene glycol (EG) manufacturing facility in Oyster Creek, Texas. The 750,000 metric ton per year EG unit is the first of its kind…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced a new joint venture (JV) with Debang Xinghua Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Debang Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (“Debang Group”), to build, own and operate a coal-to-syngas processing facility in…
PTT Global Chemical Public Co. (GC; Bangkok, Thailand; www.pttgcgroup.com) has announced a long-term partnership with ALPLA, a global recycler and high-quality plastic packaging solutions provider. Together, the two companies are revolutionizing the efficient use of renewable resources to ensure they…
Albemarle (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) Fine Chemistry Services (FCS; www.albcustom.com), a leading U.S. domestic supplier of regulatory starting materials (RSMs), intermediates, and high-value active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the expansion of its operations at its…
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) C3 Oleflex technology to produce 565,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene for a proposed plant in Arzew, Algeria. In addition to…