In the background of growing demand, Lanxess will expand its production capacity for light-color sulfur carriers at its Mannheim site in Germany. The additional capacity is expected to strengthen the firm’s market position in extreme pressure additives for the lubricants industry.

Leanbio works with a number of pharmaceutical and biotech organizations to scale up their biologics manufacturing processes. The pilot plant is therefore used for a wide range of different products, requiring versatile equipment which also prevents cross contamination. Peristaltic pumps from WMFTG offered a versatile solution to reduce cleaning requirements while still preventing product contamination and facilitating equipment reconfiguration between batches.

PPG has commenced production of automotive OEM sealants at its Tangier plant in Morocco for local vehicle production. The facility is the company’s first automotive coatings production unit in Africa and is expected to produce sealants that offer more flexibility in vehicle design and manufacturing.

Röhm has recently launched a new Technology Center in Shanghai, China and plans to establish another Technical Center in Connecticut, USA in order to become a technology leader in methacrylates. The Shanghai Technology Center will offer modern technical application and development labs for innovative applications.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has plans to develop its first HydroPRS (Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Solution) project in Japan. The plastics recycling unit will be situated at MCC’s Ibaraki Plant and is expected to process 20,000 tons of plastic waste annually.

Under a letter of intent signed between Sumitomo and Rio Tinto, Sumitomo will assess the hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Australia. If successful, the project will produce hydrogen for the Gladstone Hydrogen Ecosystem.

Lummus Technology has announced the successful start-up of its Cdalky alkylation unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical’s refinery in China. The project is claimed to be one of the largest alky units in the world.

Haltermann Carless will become the world’s largest Cyclopentane producer after the completion of its new hydrogenation plant at the Speyer site in Germany. With this project, the company expects to significantly increase its production capacity of Cyclopentane by up to 70 % as of Q1 2022.

Under a five-year license agreement with Beiyuan, Nouryon will license its Continuous Initiator Dosing (CiD) technology to Beiyuan, and supply its Trigonox 187 proprietary CiD initiator to enhance the Chinese company’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production in the country.

Air Liquide has finalized the takeover of 16 Air Separation Units (ASU) from Sasol in Secunda, South Africa and with this, Air Liquide will also operate the biggest oxygen production site in the world.