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Plant Watch
Lummus and Synthos double planned
capacity of bio-butadiene plant
February 10, 2022 - Following a successful
feasibility study last year, Lummus Technology
(Houston; www.lummustechnology.com)
and Synthos S.A. (Oswiecim, Poland; www.
synthosgroup.com) announced that their
new bio-butadiene technology is ready for
implementation, and the companies have
agreed to move into the next phase of the
project. Synthos has committed to building
a plant with a capacity of 40,000 metric tons
per year (m.t./yr) of bio-butadiene - twice as
much as the companies had originally planned.
Hexion to expand capacity for fireprotection
products at Montana plant
February 9, 2022 - Hexion Holdings Corp.
(Columbus, Ohio; www.hexion.com) is
strengthening its manufacturing footprint for
the ArmorBuilt fire-protection product through
an expansion of its site in Missoula, Mont.
Hexion previously announced two ArmorBuilt
capacity expansions at its Portland, Oregon
manufacturing site in 2021. The Missoula site
expansion will significantly increase ArmorBuilt
capacity when it comes online in late 2022.
Linde to build hydrogen
plant for BASF in France
February 9, 2022 - Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.;
www.linde.com) will design, build, own and
operate a new hydrogen production facility at
Chalampé, France, effectively doubling Linde's
current capacity in the Chalampé chemical park
where it already has one plant. This second plant
will supply BASF SE's (Ludwigshafen, Germany;
www.basf.com) new hexamethylenediamine
facility, which is slated for startup in 2024.
Air Liquide to build world-scale
biomethane plant in Illinois
February 4, 2022 - Air Liquide S.A. (Paris;
www.airliquide.com) plans to construct its
largest biomethane production unit in the world
in Rockford, Ill. The site will be designed to
produce 380 GWh/yr of biomethane from solidwaste-derived
biogas. It will be operational
by the end of 2023. An additional biomethane
production unit from another landfill is also
being built in Delavan, Wisconsin, and will be
operational in the second quarter of 2022.
Eastman completes significant
expansion of tertiary amine capacity
February 3, 2022 - Eastman Chemical
Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com)
completed a significant expansion of its tertiary
amine capacity, at both its Ghent, Belgium,
and Pace, Florida, manufacturing sites. The
Ghent expansion has led to an increase in
capacity, while the Pace expansion has improved
production flow, making it the world's largest
tertiary amine unit.
Kemira starts up first production line for
bio-based polyacrylamide
February 3, 2022 - Kemira Oyj (Helsinki,
Finland; www.kemira.com) announced that
it has started the first full-scale production of
its newly developed polymer based on biobased
feedstock - a biomass-balanced
polyacrylamide. These water-soluble polymers
can be used in various industries, such as
water, energy and papermaking.
Stamicarbon announces startup
of Brunei fertilizer plant
February 3, 2022 - Stamicarbon BV (Sittard,
the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com)
announced the successful startup of Brunei
Fertilizer Industries' new urea melt plant in
Brunei. With a nameplate capacity of 3,900
m.t./d, the plant is the largest to be licensed
by Stamicarbon to date.
Nouryon commissions
chelates plant in the Netherlands
February 1, 2022 - Nouryon (Amsterdam, the
Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) completed
a production facility for sustainable chelates,
which will double the company's production of
methylglycine N,N-diacetic trisodium salt (MGDA),
glutamic acid, N,N-diacetic tetrasodium salt
(GLDA) and other ingredients. The startup of
the new site in Herkenbosch, the Netherlands
is expected in the second quarter of 2022.
The new site will complement the company's
existing plants in China and Ohio.
Solvay announces PVDF capacity
expansion in France
February 1, 2022 - Solvay S.A. (Brussels,
Belgium; www.solvay.com) is expanding its
production capacity of polyvinylidene fluoride
(PVDF) at its site in Tavaux, France. Building
on its previously announced PVDF capacity
increase in Changshu, China, this new project
will expand Solvay's capacity in Europe to
35,000 m.t./yr, creating the largest PVDF
production site in the region. This investment
will be completed by December 2023.
BASF to increase production capacities
for chloroformates and acid chlorides
January 31, 2022 - BASF plans to modernize
the entire infrastructure, including the facilities
for the production of chloroformates and acid
chlorides, at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site.
The measures, which are anticipated to be
completed by 2025, will increase the company's
capacity for these products at the site by
around 30%.
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