Attis Industries Inc. (Milton, Ga.; www.attisinnovations.com) announced that it will collaborate with Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com). Under this newly announced relationship, Novozymes has committed to supplying the enzymes required by Attis to convert its pulp into sugar at all of…
PMC Ouvrie SAS, France, a wholly owned subsidiary of PMC Group International Inc. (Mount Laurel, N.J.; www.pmc-group.com), which is an independent arm of PMC Group Inc., announced the acquisition of a hydrocolloid product line from Solvay, S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com).…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced that it intends to begin production for alpha-methylstyrene (α-methylstyrene) at Singaporean subsidiary Mitsui Phenols Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MPS). Located at Jurong Island, Singapore, MCI intends to produce 20,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a synthesis gas (syngas) production unit from Linde PLC (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com). The production unit, which has a production capacity of 365,000 metric tons per year…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) announced large-scale commercial production of its Brontide butylene glycol. Over 600 tons of high-purity, naturally-sourced Brontide were produced in under five weeks and packaged in thousands of drums. Both quality and consistency were confirmed, with…
Ineos Enterprises (London; www.ineos.com) announces that is has selected Antwerp, Belgium as the location for its latest petrochemicals investment, consisting of an ethane gas cracker and world-scale propane dehydration (PDH) unit in Europe. The €3 billion investment will be the…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) will expand its offering to customers in the detergents market through a supply agreement with bio-based polymers maker Itaconix Corp. (Stratham, N.H.; www.itaconix.com). Under terms of the agreement, Itaconix will produce and supply polymers…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India; www.praj.net) announced the groundbreaking of the compressed bio-gas (CBG) integrated demo plant of at Shreenath Mhaskoba Surgar Factory, adjacent to the existing 2nd Gen Bio-Refinery demo facility that has been operational for 3 years. Praj…
BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) Fuel and Lubricant Solutions global business unit is investing in Mexico and China to increase production of antioxidants for lubricants. The capacity expansions address growing demand for antioxidants from the increasing number of vehicles in…
Today, PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) signed contracts for license and engineering services for a new methanol unit with a capacity of 500,000 ton/yr. The signing ceremony took place in TAIF headquarters. Azat Bikmurzin, the director…