23-04-2013

LANXESS has inaugurated the new headquarters of its Keltan Elastomers business unit in Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands. With immediate effect the company is managing its business for ethylene-propylene-diene monomer high-performance rubber (EPDM rubber), marketed under the Keltan brand, ...

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18-02-2013

INVISTA started production at its new, polyamide salt plant, an expansion of the company’s polymer facility in Rozenburg, the Netherlands. The expanded site will serve the company’s European fiber and plastic customers through its integrated supply chain. The polymer manufactured at INVISTA’s ...

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22-11-2011

Eastman Chemical Company has completed the expansion of its hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins facility in Middelburg, The Netherlands. The Middelburg expansion, which is the third expansion of its Regalite™ hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins, has doubled capacity at the site since 2006.“We ...

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EUR 12 million investment in Geleen site

29-09-2011

LANXESS is investing EUR 12 million to convert 50 percent of its ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) synthetic rubber production in Geleen, the Netherlands, to Keltan ACE technology. During 2013, the German specialty chemicals company will implement the new technology at the largest of ...

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12-11-2010

Teijin Limited announced that it will enter the high-performance polyethylene (HP-PE) market by establishing its first production facility in Emmen, the Netherlands, aiming to start commercial production in the second half of 2011. Teijin plans to grow its HP-PE business quickly through ...

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09-09-2010

AkzoNobel inaugurates its new salt plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. This € 25 mln investment will officially be opened by Werner Fuhrmann, President of AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals. The expansion, a milestone in itself, has been combined with the conversion to full scale production of ...

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More than EUR 5 million invested in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell on hydrogen

12-02-2010

Solvay announced it will invest over EUR 5 million in the construction of a test fuel cell with a total electric power of 1 megawatt (MW) at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. The investment is part of the Project Hydrogen Region Flanders - South Netherlands. The fuel cell will ...

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09-12-2009

The Dow Chemical Company announced that the multi-year polyols expansion project at the Company’s Terneuzen, Netherlands, plant has been successfully completed. The additional capability will support customers in Europe as well as in other growing regions such as India, Middle East and ...

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11-11-2009

Air Products announced a long-term supply contract and plans to build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to serve ExxonMobil’s (Esso) Rotterdam refinery in The Netherlands and additional customers in the region. The plant will feature technology advancements to maximize facility ...

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20-08-2009

Lyondell Chemical Company announced that a propylene oxide / styrene monomer (PO/SM) unit at Channelview, Texas, will return to service in September due to increased demand for propylene oxide and its derivatives. The unit was temporarily idled in December 2008 due to declining market and ...

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