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ALPLA to construct PET
recycling plant in South Africa
June 13, 2023 - Alpla Group (Hard, Austria;
www.alpla.com) is building a new recycling
plant in Ballito, South Africa. The plant, with an
output of 35,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)
of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
material, marks the company's entry into the
African recycling market. Construction will start
in summer 2023 and completion is planned
for autumn 2024. In total, Alpla is investing
around €60 million in the project.
Wacker to expand polysilicon production
capacity in Burghausen
June 12, 2023 - Wacker Chemie AG (Munich,
Germany; www.wacker.com) plans to expand
its capacity for cleaning semiconductor-grade
polysilicon by setting up a new production line
at the company's Burghausen site by early
2025. The new plant will increase existing
capacity at the site by well over 50%. Capital
expenditures for the project are expected to
exceed €300 million.
TotalEnergies to double SAF production
and add biomethane unit in Grandpuits
June 8, 2023 - TotalEnergies SE (Paris;
www.totalenergies.com) is doubling the
production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
at its Grandpuits site in France, bringing the
site's annual production capacity to 285,000
m.t./yr - almost double the previous capacity
announced in 2020. There are also plans to
construct a biomethane unit at Grandpuits,
which will have an annual capacity of 80 GWh.
Toray announces further capacity
expansion for PP films
June 8, 2023 - Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo;
www.toray.com) is again increasing production
capacity for Torayfan-branded biaxially oriented
polypropylene film at the Tsuchiura Plant in
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. When they go online
in 2025, the upgraded facilities will lift Torayfan
production capacity by 40%.
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BASF increases production capacity for
alkoxylates in Belgium and Germany
June 7, 2023 - BASF SE (Ludwigshafen,
Germany; www.basf.com) is gradually
bringing additional alkoxylation production
capacity onstream in Antwerp, Belgium and
Ludwigshafen, Germany, adding production
capacity well in excess of 150,000 m.t./yr.
Most of the capacity increase is part of the
expansion of ethylene oxide and ethylene-oxide
derivatives in Antwerp, which also encompasses
investment in a second world-scale ethyleneoxide
production line, including purified
ethylene-oxide capacity.
Solvay to produce green hydrogen for its
peroxides operations in Italy
June 6, 2023 - Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium;
www.solvay.com) and Sapio are partnering in
the joint development of the Hydrogen Valley
Rosignano Project, a large-scale hydrogen
production plant with locally-sourced " green "
energy in Rosignano, Italy. The plant will be
built by mid-2026 within Solvay's Rosignano
facility. It will have a capacity of 756 m.t./yr of
" green " hydrogen, which will be used for the
production of peroxides on site.
BASF to expand production capacity for
bio-based alkyl polyglucosides
June 6, 2023 - BASF will increase its global
production capacity for alkyl polyglucosides
(APG) with two expansions at its sites in
Bangpakong, Thailand and Cincinnati, Ohio.
The additional capacities are expected to come
onstream in 2025.
3M to expand biotech manufacturing
capacities in Europe
June 5, 2023 - 3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.
com) announced it will invest $146 million
to expand its capabilities to further support
biotechnology manufacturing facilities in
Europe. The new investment will accelerate
3M's development and delivery of filtration
equipment designed for bioprocessing, biological
and small-molecule pharmaceutical-ingredient
manufacturing applications.
Wacker completes VAE
expansion in Nanjing
May 30, 2023 - Wacker completed a capacity
expansion for vinyl-acetate-ethylene (VAE)
copolymer dispersions and VAE dispersible
polymer powders at the company's site in
Nanjing, China. With a new reactor for dispersions
and a new spray dryer for dispersible polymer
powders, the expansion more than doubles
Wacker's production capacity in Nanjing.
Wacker invested around $100 million in its
integrated production site for the expansion
project. The two new plants are said to be the
largest of their kind in the world.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Saint-Gobain to acquire Building Products
of Canada Corp.
June 13, 2023 - Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie,
France; www.saint-gobain.com) entered into
a definitive agreement for the acquisition
of Building Products of Canada Corp., a
privately owned manufacturer of construction
materials, for approximately €925 million in
cash. With this acquisition, Saint-Gobain
takes a logical step to reinforce its leadership
in light and sustainable construction in the
Canadian market.
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