AkzoNobel’s largest powder coatings plant opens in China June 5, 2018 // 2 Comments Netherlands-headquartered chemicals firm AkzoNobel’s has started up its new powder coatings plant in Changzhou, China. [...]
Toyo awarded biomass-fired power plant project in Japan June 5, 2018 // 2 Comments Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a 50-MW-class biomass power plant [...]
Ineos to build ENB plant; Asia/Middle East locations June 5, 2018 // 1 Comment Chemicals firm Ineos says that it has launched a feasibility study as it plans to build a new world-scale Ethylidene [...]
Future-proofing of Perstorp’s UK caprolactone monomer plant on course June 4, 2018 // 2 Comments Swedish chemicals maker Perstorp has made significant progress in ‘future-proofing’ its Capa caprolactone monomer plant [...]
Tianhong Chemical to produce propylene in China June 4, 2018 // 3 Comments China’s Shandong Tianhong Chemical Co., Ltd. has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex propane dehydrogenation (PDH) [...]
Consortium to roll out utility-scale battery storage in APAC May 31, 2018 // 1 Comment Lyon, Jera and Fluence have framed a collaboration agreement to identify and pursue utility-scale battery storage [...]
SCG ups stake in Vietnam petchem project to 100% equity May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments Thailand-based cement group Siam Cement Public Company Limited (SCG) has signed an agreement with Vietnam National Oil and [...]
Sadara in joint venture with Harcros-ARA for speciality chemicals in Saudi Arabia May 25, 2018 // 2 Comments Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) has signed a supply agreement with Harcros-ARA, a new venture being established by Harcros [...]
Plant Expansions: Invista’s US$250 mn investment for ADN plant in US; Zhongjing Petrochemical’s 1,200 kt/yr PP plant in China May 25, 2018 // 0 Comments US materials maker Invista, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, is entering the final design phase for a US$250 [...]
AkzoNobel expands organic peroxide capacity in India May 23, 2018 // 4 Comments AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has broken ground on a project to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides [...]