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  1. Teijin, JGC And Itochu Conclude Joint Agreement On The License Business Of Polyester Chemical Recycling Technology 4/21/2021

    Teijin Limited, JGC Holdings Corporation and ITOCHU Corporation have signed a joint agreement on the license business of polyester chemical recycling technology from discarded polyester textile products.

  2. Sustainable Chemical Synthesis With Platinum 4/20/2021

    Researchers used platinum and aluminum compounds to create a catalyst which enables certain chemical reactions to occur more efficiently than ever before

  3. Sinopec Successfully Starts Up Two DuPont™ STRATCO™ Alkylation Technology Units 4/20/2021

    DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce successful performance tests for the STRATCO® alkylation units at the Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Company (ZRCC) refinery in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and the Yangzi Company (YPC) refinery in Nianjing, Jiangsu, China

  4. Avantium Successfully Produces Polyesters With Its plantMEG From The Ray Technology Demonstration Plant 4/19/2021

    Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, has completed the application validation for its plantbased glycols plantMEG and plantMPG produced in the Ray Technology demonstration plant in Delfzijl. Key applications include polymerisation to PEF and PET polyesters and functional fluids used for de-icing and heat transfer

  5. True To Its EverMinds Mind-Set, Borealis Drives Collaborative Project In Sweden To Increase Supply Of Chemically Recycled Feedstock For The Manufacture Of More Circular Base Chemicals And Plastic Products 4/15/2021

    Borealis has commenced a new project to secure an increased supply of chemically recycled feedstock for the production of more circular base chemicals and polyolefin-based products. A feasibility study for a chemical recycling unit to be established at the Borealis production location in Stenungsund, Sweden is now underway

  6. Chinese Industry To Benefit As CNOOC And Shell Start Up New Petrochemicals Units 4/14/2021

    CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co., Ltd (CNOOC) and Shell Nanhai B.V. (Shell) today announce the start-up by their 50:50 joint venture, CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company (CSPC), of new units to supply the Chinese market with essential petrochemicals

  7. Air Products Acquires Remaining 50% Stake In Gasification Technology Joint Venture From China Shenhua Coal To Liquid And Chemical 4/14/2021

    Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50 percent equity stake in its gasification technology joint venture (JV) with China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Energy Group. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed

  8. Hitachi ABB Power Grids And P2X Solutions Sign Partnership Agreement On Electrification Of Finland’s First Industrial-Scale Green Hydrogen Production Plant 4/14/2021

    Hitachi ABB Power Grids and P2X Solutions, a producer of green hydrogen and a pioneer in power-to-x technology, have signed partnership agreement to electrify a 20-megawatt (MW) hydrogen production plant. When completed, the plant will produce green hydrogen with electricity produced from renewable energy

  9. Grace Licenses UNIPOL PP Process Technology To Enter Engineering Pte Ltd. 4/14/2021

    W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to the new MTO Gas Chemical Complex located in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan to Enter Engineering

  10. Chevron And Honeywell Announce Start-Up Of World's First Commercial ISOALKY™ Ionic Liquids Alkylation Unit 4/13/2021

    Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced the commissioning and start-up of the world's first commercial-scale ISOALKY process unit that utilizes ionic liquids to produce alkylate. The ISOALKY™ technology represents a major innovation in alkylation technology