Kazakhstan sets up PET waste-to-fibre recycling plant August 28, 2018 // 0 Comments Construction of a plant for the processing of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and the production of staple fibre [...]
Walmart phasing out paint removal products with methylene chloride and NMP August 21, 2018 // 2 Comments US retail giant Walmart has announced it will phase out paint removal products with the chemicals methylene chloride and [...]
Cabot to acquire KMG Chemicals for US$1.6 bn August 17, 2018 // 2 Comments Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarisation (CMP) polishing [...]
Trelleborg’s facility in UK for hyperbaric test chambers August 17, 2018 // 3 Comments Swedish firm Trelleborg’s offshore facility based in Skelmersdale, UK, broke ground on its new 630 sq m testing facility [...]
Indian Oil and Lanzatech to set-up pilot plant for CO2-lipids August 14, 2018 // 2 Comments Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s largest fuel retailer, will inaugurate India’s first pilot plant to convert [...]
Altech Chemicals breaks ground in Malaysia as stage I high purity alumina plant work begins August 10, 2018 // 2 Comments Altech Chemicals Ltd is starting stage I construction of its high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia, following a [...]
Borealis realises energy targets; cuts 5,000 tonnes CO2 emissions July 31, 2018 // 1 Comment Polyolefins maker Borealis has implemented the international energy management standard ISO 50001, with the help of DNV GL, [...]
Kuwait Refinery selects DuPont’s technology to reduce sulphur emissions July 25, 2018 // 2 Comments DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) signed contracts with Honeywell UOP to provide STRATCO alkylation and MECS Advanced [...]
Toray opens Thai demo plant for cellulosic sugar-manufacturing process July 18, 2018 // 2 Comments Construction work on Japanese chemical maker Toray Industries’s plant in Thailand, which it jointly set up with with [...]
Offshore wind power: Continental develops sound insulation for marine life July 16, 2018 // 2 Comments Technology company Continental has successfully tested a new generation of the Big Bubble Curtain in a pilot project [...]