Lyondell Basell is considering to sell its Houston Refinery which is one of the largest refineries in the U.S. The facility has the capacity to transform 268,000 barrels per day of crude oil into high-value transportation fuels such as reformulated gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel and jet fuel.

BASF and Shanshan have formed a battery materials joint venture in China which aims to focus on the growing electric vehicle segment in the country. The joint venture has plans to develop an annual cathode active materials capacity of 90 kilotons by 2022.

With an aim to expand its alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent (ASA) production capacity for the paper and packaging board industry, Kemira has invested in a new production line in China. This is the third production line at the company’s Nanjing site in the Jiangsu province.

Under the terms of the three-year contract, Bilfinger will provide electrical and instrumentation installation as well as access, insulation and painting services to GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) production facilities in Montrose, Scotland.

Arkema and Polymem have won the American Chemical Society Team Innovation Award for the development of specialized water ultrafiltration membranes made from Kynar PVDF resins. The membranes support a circular economy and proves beneficial for wastewater treatment.

Haiwan Chemical has awarded a technology contract and license agreement to KVT for the world´s largest Glycerine based Epichlorohydrin production complex. Scheduled to be built in Qingdao, China, KVT will license its Epiprovit closed loop technology to the facility.

BASF and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL) have entered into a strategic partnership which aims at developing a sustainable battery value chain by focusing on cathode active materials (CAM) and battery recycling. CATL is also building its first European factory in Germany to localize lithium-ion battery production while BASF is constructing a cathode active materials plant in Schwarzheide, Germany.

Exxon Mobil’s affiliate Imperial Oil has plans to produce 20,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel at a new complex at Canada’s Strathcona refinery. The complex will make use of locally grown plant-based feedstock and hydrogen with carbon capture and storage to meet the low-carbon fuel standards.

FCI’s FLT93 Flexswitch is claimed to be the process industry’s most advanced heavy-duty thermal dispersion technology flow and level switch. The solution proves ideal for reactor core coolant, level interface detection & temperature, pump protection, flood alarm, condensate pot level, and turbine water level.

Gericke's unique experience in continuous mixing and feeding has resulted in a new family of mixing solutions. With the TCM Turbo Compact Mixer it is possible to continuously and fully automatically feed and mix up to four streams with minimum space requirements and high accuracy.