The Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project includes construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 million metric tonne ethane steam cracker in Texas, USA. The project is anticipated to create an economic output of 22 billion dollar plus during construction and 50 billion dollars during the first six years.

Georg Fischer is further strengthening its market position in China: The Corporate Group GF Piping Systems is bringing its tenth production plant in China on stream.

Inpro/Seal has announced its latest AM Solutions design – the AM Cema shaft seal which has been developed specifically for Cema (Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association) Screw Conveyors.

The practical assistance of the VCI for the installation and dismantling of metallic flange connections on piping was updated in March 2016: Annexes A and C have been corrected or updated.

Air Products has signed a contract to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal Belgium, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, at its steel mill in Gent, Belgium.

Bayer MaterialScience plans to construct a new world-scale production facility for the coating raw material isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) at its integrated site in Shanghai, China.

Wacker Chemie is expanding its silicone production at its Jandira site near São Paulo, Brazil.

With an expected processing capacity of about 55,000 tons of mixed plastic waste annually, the new chemical recycling facility will be the first industrial chemical recycling site at the North Sea Port in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. The plant will be developed under a joint venture by Neste and Ravago and will be based on Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology. With this project, the companies aim to demonstrate and advance the commercialization of chemical recycling.

Royal DSM and Evonik announced their intention to establish a joint venture for omega-3 fatty acid products from natural marine algae for animal nutrition — enabling fish farming without using fish-based resources.

With an annual production capacity of 450 thousand tons, the new polypropylene production plant will be built within the Ceyhan Industrial Zone in Ceyhan, Turkey. The 1.7-billion-dollar investment is claimed to be one of the private-sector’s largest industrial investments in the country and expected to triple the nation’s annual polypropylene production capacity.