Chemical
Chemical | 04 July 2022

Polynt to expand coating resin production capacity in North America

This expansion will be fully effective by 2023 and will meet the growing needs of the paint and coatings industry with alkyd, polyester, copolymer, emulsion, and urethane resin technologies

People
People | 04 July 2022

OQEMA appoints Patrick Barthels as new CEO

Patrick has become Chief Executive Officer of the OQEMA Group from 1 July 2022

Gas
Gas | 04 July 2022

Technip Energies awarded EPC contract for waste to energy CCS project in Norway

The project will be the first full-scale waste-to-energy plant in the world with CO2 capture

Chemical
Chemical | 03 July 2022

Azelis acquires specialty chemicals distributor Chemical Partners

The company is an independent distributor of specialty chemicals with a strong foothold in the industrial chemicals market, particularly in CASE and R&PA, in Africa and the Middle East

People
People | 03 July 2022

Lonza appoints Maria Soler Nunez as Head of Operations

Maria will assume new role from 1 August 2022

Chemical
Chemical | 03 July 2022

Croda completes sale of its performance technologies, industrial chemicals businesses to Cargill

The divestment and the associated proceeds exclude Croda Sipo (Sipo), a Chinese joint venture in which Croda has a 65% shareholding

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 03 July 2022

Lummus and Clariant announce successful start-up of world's largest CATOFIN PDH plant in China

Qingdao Jinneng New Material Co. has started-up 900,000 metric tons per annum CATOFIN propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Chemical
Chemical | 03 July 2022

Trinseo, GMP Group to jointly build polystyrene recycling plant in the Netherlands

Collaboration aims at providing a framework for cooperation, on an exclusive basis, the construction and operation by GMP of an advanced pretreatment or regeneration plant with a minimum 25kt capacity in the Netherlands

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 03 July 2022

Lummus commissions CATOFIN PDH unit in China

The unit is part of Shandong Ruize’s plan to transition its complex from refining to petrochemicals

People
People | 02 July 2022

BASF names Tatiana Kalman as head of Personal Care Europe business unit

Prior to her current role, Kalman has been Senior Vice President of BASF’s Performance Chemicals business for North and South America

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 02 July 2022

Sumitomo Chemical join hands with Japanese university on turquoise hydrogen

They will accelerate joint research on a catalyst and a process for low environmental impact commercial production of turquoise hydrogen, along with joint research into applications of the solid carbons generated as byproducts from the process

Digitization
Digitization | 02 July 2022

ABB India to enable intelligent automation for THINK Gas

ABB has designed a solution that will integrate, monitor and control day-to-day operations across the enterprise

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 02 July 2022

MTAR Technologies receives Rs. 174.6 crore order

The green hydrogen market in India is expected to be US $8 billion by 2030 and US $340 billion by 2050.

Battery
Battery | 02 July 2022

Compass Minerals to supply battery-grade lithium to LG Energy Solution

Under the terms of the MoU, Compass Minerals would supply LGES with lithium carbonate and hydroxide

People
People | 02 July 2022

Namitesh Roy Choudhury assumes role of VC and MD for LANXESS India region

He will represent the businesses of LANXESS India to the global organization and will report to Dr. Anno Borkowsky

Chemical
Chemical | 02 July 2022

LANXESS completes acquisition of IFF’s microbial control business

LANXESS now one of the world’s largest suppliers of microbial control products and biocidal products

Sustainability
Sustainability | 02 July 2022

ExxonMobil, CNOOC and Shell to pursue carbon capture and storage hub in China

Agreement initiates joint study to identify carbon capture and storage opportunity

Chemical
Chemical | 02 July 2022

Dow renews Code of Business Conduct for suppliers

The Supplier Code follows the principles of the United Nations Global Compact and is organized in three sections.

General
General | 02 July 2022

NFL records total Fertilizer Sale of 15.58 Lakh MT in April - June, 2022

NFL has clocked a growth of 47% in total fertilizer sale during April- June 2022.

General
General | 02 July 2022

EIL and CSIR-CSIO ink agreement for joint commercialization of earthquake warning system

The MoA cum Transfer of Technology (ToT) Agreement was signed in the presence of Vartika Shukla, C&MD, EIL and S. Anantha Ramakrishna, Director, CSIR-CSIO.

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