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Trinseo inaugurates new PC dissolution
pilot facility in the Netherlands
May 15, 2023 - Trinseo LLC (Berwyn, Pa.;
www.trinseo.com) inaugurated its polycarbonate
(PC) dissolution pilot facility in Terneuzen, the
Netherlands. Dissolution recycling is a type of
physical recycling process where the desired
polymer is extracted by the use of solvents.
The extracted polymers are then used to make
new recycled polymers.
Air Products to significantly increase
membrane production in St. Louis
May 15, 2023 - Air Products (Lehigh Valley,
Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced a
$10-million project to significantly increase
hollow-fiber membrane production at its St.
Louis, Mo. facility. The project at the facility is
driven by demand in biogas and hydrogenrecovery
applications, as well as the use
of nitrogen for the aerospace industry and
dehydration-based products.
Dow selects Seadrift site for
nuclear project
May 12, 2023 - Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.;
www.dow.com) and X-Energy Reactor Co.
(Rockville, Md; www.x-energy.com) announced
that Dow has selected its Union Carbide Corp.
(UCC) Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in
Texas for its proposed advanced small modular
reactor (SMR) nuclear project. Construction
on the four-reactor project is expected to
begin in 2026.
Entegris opens new manufacturing facility
in Taiwan to support chipmaking sector
May 11, 2023 - Entegris, Inc. (Billerica,
Mass.; www.entegris.com) has opened a
new manufacturing facility located in Southern
Taiwan's Kaohsiung Science Park. The company
expects to invest a total of approximately
$500 million in the plant, which significantly
increases the company's production capabilities
for advanced liquid filters, high-purity drums
and advanced deposition materials for the
chipmaking industry.
Fujifilm breaks ground on electronicmaterials
manufacturing site in Belgium
May 10, 2023 - Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo; www.
fujifilm.com) has broken ground on a new
€30-million expansion at its electronic-materials
manufacturing site in Belgium. The expansion
will substantially increase the production
capacity of Fujifilm Electronic Materials (Europe)
N.V., which manufactures core components
and chemicals required for semiconductor
manufacturing, including cleaners, polyimides,
developers and solvents. The expansion is
targeted to be complete by the end of 2024.
Hexcel opens new composites
plant in Morocco
May 10, 2023 - Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.;
www.hexcel.com) has completed an expansion
project at its engineered-core operations plant
in Casablanca, Morocco to meet the growing
demand for lightweight advanced composite
materials for the aerospace industry. At the
plant, which began production in 2018, Hexcel
transforms lightweight honeycomb materials
into engineered core parts that are used for
structural reinforcement.
OQ Chemicals launches new pilot plant
for customized esters in Germany
May 5, 2023 - OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim
am Rhein, Germany; chemicals.oq.com) started
up its new pilot plant for esters in Oberhausen,
Germany. This test facility enables the company
to manufacture small quantities of esters that
are tailored for test purposes. The new products
can later be produced on a large scale at OQ
Chemicals' industrial plants.
Albemarle to double lithium
hydroxide output in Australia
May 4, 2023 - Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte,
N.C.; www.albemarle.com) plans to build two
additional processing trains at its Kemerton
lithium-hydroxide plant in Western Australia.
The additional trains would increase the facility's
lithium-hydroxide production by 50,000 metric
tons per year (m.t./yr). Operating at full capacity,
the Kemerton plant will produce up to 100,000
m.t./yr of lithium hydroxide. This investment,
combined with the existing two trains at Kemerton
operated by an Albemarle joint venture, would
make Albemarle the largest producer of lithium
in Australia.
Evonik begins construction of new
alkoxides plant in Singapore
May 4, 2023 - Evonik Industries AG (Essen,
Germany; www.evonik.com) started construction
of a new production plant for alkoxides in
Singapore. The company is expanding its
production capabilities in response to growing
demand for alkoxide catalysts, which are
primarily used in biodiesel production and in
synthesis applications in the pharmaceutical
and agrochemical industries.
Nouryon to increase production capacity
for organic peroxides in Ningbo
April 28, 2023 - Nouryon (Amsterdam, the
Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) will invest
in its facility in Ningbo, China to significantly
increase the capacity of organic peroxide
products. With this investment, Nouryon
will double the annual production capacity
to 6,000 m.t./yr each for Perkadox 14 and
Trigonox 101 organic peroxides by mid-2024.
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