The contract is for Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company’s (Kipic) Petrochemical Refinery Integration Project in Kuwait. The contract includes basic engineering, technology license, and catalyst for an integrated Low Pressure Recovery and Olefins Conversion Technology unit.

Axens confirmed the signature of an Alpha Butol technology licensing agreement with Socar for the production of high purity 1-Butene through ethylene dimerization.

The move is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 50,000 tonnes per year at Nouryon’s salt production site at Hengelo, in the Netherlands. The company has also more than doubled capacity for emulsion-based organic peroxides at its site in Los Reyes, Mexico to meet increased customer demand in the North American PVC market.

Explosion protection techniques have been undergoing several refinements as a result of the implementation of legislative requirements and innovative product development. The extended use of explosion protection standards and demands from industry resulted in additional products with improved performance.

The company’s Renewable Products business will be segmented into three business units and one operational platform. Each of these units will have their own Executive Vice President and will be part of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Celanese expands its production plant in Florence, Kentucky. The American specialty materials company has just celebrated the groundbreaking for new compounding process lines at the site.

Synova produces 20,000 tonnes of polypropylene annually which meets the highest quality standards of original equipment manufacturers and automakers from recycled plastics.

Bio-based paraxylene is one of the vital elements for developing 100 % bio based PET bottles. The companies have recovered high-purity bio-based paraxylene by processing renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s TCat- 8 pilot plant.

Imagine you are a producer of lubricants, and you want to go biobased … The market is there, for sure, because many applications — from the chain saw in the forest to the wind power generator in the Wadden Sea — require biodegradable lubricants — a feature that can easily be achieved with biobased source materials.

The new plant is the company’s third manufacturing base for Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene and is expected to increase the firm’s production capacity to 10,500 tonnes per year.