Press Releases

TotalEnergies and its partner SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) announce the start of production of the first phase of development of the Absheron gas and condensate field in the Caspian Sea, around 100 km south-east of Baku. This first phase connects a subsea production well to a new gas processing platform, itself linked to SOCAR’s existing facilities in Oil Rocks. It has production capacity of 4 million cubic meters of gas per day and 12,000 barrels a

Ashland is collaborating with The Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, to present The Advanced Hands-on Course in Tablet Technology at the Ashland state-of-the-art Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware.   The course convenes Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. ET for registration and reception. Morning lectures from Monday through Thursday provide in-depth training in select areas of oral solid dosage form processing and

Technip Energies has been selected by Aramco for the project management consultancy contract to develop the master plan for Ras Al Khair, a new industrial city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The city is set to house an unprecedented collection of low-carbon investments as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, for which Aramco is a strategic partner. The master plan will comprise various studies, including those for optimum land use, site preparation assessment, export te

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the Japan-based parent company of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group, announced today that its Corporate R&D Division has developed a silver (Ag) nanoparticle paste for die-attach applications. The newly developed lead-free material can be sintered at low temperatures under both pressureless and pressure-assisted methods. It has been engineered to meet the need for higher heat resistance and heat dissipation properties of electrical interconnect

New standards in the production of plastic-metal composite pipes: battenfeld-cincinnati and Templet Deutschland are continuously expanding their technological cooperation and customer service. battenfeld-cincinnati and Templet Deutschland have been setting standards in the production of complex plastic-metal composite pipes for over 20 years. Through their close cooperation and the know-how, both companies have established themselves as leading market players and innovation drivers

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. today announced that new affiliate Mitsui Chemicals EMS Corporation has begun doing business after its establishment on July 1, 2023. Created to take over the pellicle business acquired from Asahi Kasei Corporation (Tokyo: 3407; President: KUDO Koshiro), Mitsui Chemicals EMS is the No. 1 player in the market for FPD pellicles, which are used in the LCD panel exposure process. Mitsui Chemicals EMS has also gained a good reputation in the marketplace with DUV pe

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation  announced that the Green Hydrogen Pilot Project constructed by the company in Kuqa City of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has commenced operation. The official operation of the plant, which harnesses solar energy to generate green hydrogen, marks a major stride forward in Sinopec's technological exploration to produce clean hydrogen as it empowers the country to transition to a greener and more sustainable energy system.

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics; Tomra, the world leader in waste transformation; and EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein, a leading recycling company, have today announced a ground-breaking project to convert post-consumer polystyrene (PS) waste into recycled polystyrene for food packaging applications. EGN, a subsidiary of the SWK AG, will build a green field state-of-the-art advanced mechanical recycling facility processing with a capacity to process 40kt of

NOVA Chemicals Corporation  and Plastic Energy have entered into an agreement to explore the feasibility of developing a pyrolysis-driven advanced recycling facility in the Sarnia, Ontario, region. If constructed, the facility would be the largest of its kind in Canada with a potential initial capacity of 66kt per annum. “Post-use plastics offer tremendous value to furthering the circular economy, and our teams at NOVA Chemicals work daily to innovate new and collaborativ

The 16th Edition of ArabPlast is scheduled from 13 to 15 December 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates!  The Premier International Trade Show in the Middle East is dedicated to the Plastics, Petrochemicals, Packaging and Rubber Industry and will be attended by the bigwigs and who’s who of the industry.   The UAE offers unmatched and unlimited opportunities for new businesses as well as the established ones to step up the ladder.  Its

The collaboration between Hayleys Aventura, a premier industrial solutions provider and subsidiary of the leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka Hayleys PLC, and OCSiAl, a leader in graphene nanotube technology and production, has resulted in the launch of local manufacturingg of the TUBALL LATEX graphene nanotube dispersion. The production line has been installed at Hayleys Aventura’s facility in Kaluthara, Sri Lanka, leveraging OCSiAl’s know-how. This new production capac

AGC, a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals, and high-tech materials, has announced that its 100% subsidiary AGC Si-Tech Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Wakamatsu-Ward, Kitakyushu City) has decided to increase its production capacity of RESIFA™SUNSPHERE™, a silica product that is an eco-friendly cosmetic material made from natural sources. At the Company's Wakamatsu Plant (Wakamatsu-Ward, Kitakyushu City), facility expansion will be implemented to increase production capaci