Investment of 7 million euros in two energy-saving membrane electrolyzers

Significant global growth potential for butadiene as basic material for chemical industry OMV invested almost EUR 30 mn in extending butadiene plant in Schwechat Capacity of plant increased by 30% to 60,000 tons p.a. Project completed in-time and below budget

INEOS is looking at sites across Europe including Antwerp in Belgium for its new world scale 750,000 tonne PDH plant. INEOS is planning to increase the capacity of its crackers at Grangemouth in Scotland and Rafnes in Norway to over 1 million tonnes each. With these cracker expansions, INEOS will have added up to 900,000 tonnes of ethylene to its overall production capacity “These are three major new projects”, says Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of INEOS. “Collectively, it’s the equivalent of building a new world scale cracker in Europe”.

Kilfrost, will begin manufacturing its aircraft de- and anti-icing products, from its state-of-the-art plant in Antwerp, Belgium increasing the security of supply of their safety critical frost protection products.

Estonian petrochemicals manufacturer Novotrade Invest has announced plans to build an oil waste processing plant in Kohtla-Järve, the first of its kind in the country.

As part of the joint venture Elme Messer Gaas, Messer and the BLRT Grupp, have invested around five million euros in a new oxygen production plant in Järvakandi, Estonia.

Kaidi, one of the largest bioenergy actors plans to build a EUR 1 billion biofuel refinery in Kemi. The planned refinery will produce 200,000 tons of biofuels per year, of which 75% will be biodiesel and 25% biogasoline. The second generation biomass plant will use energy wood as the main feedstock and it will be the first of its kind, not only in Finland but globally.

The SEK 250 million-investment (about €26 million) will result in a production of 25 tonnes of silver annually.

Total has inaugurated its revamped Carling – Saint-Avold petrochemical complex in eastern France following three years of transformation works.

This new plant will enable the Group to support its customers’ growth in the refining and petrochemicals markets, in particular in Asia and the Middle East. This investment of some €60 million supports the development of the High Performance Materials segment, represents one of the Group’s growth drivers, and consolidates its n° 2 world ranking in molecular sieves.

Takeda announced that it has completed the construction of new manufacturing facilities at its site in Oranienburg. The new facility at a total cost of around 100 million euros, is scheduled to begin operating at the end of 2017. The state of Brandenburg and the German federal government each contributed half of the approximately 23 million euros in subsidies for the plant expansion.

WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS, the life sciences and biotechnology division of the WACKER Group, is strengthening its integrated ketene production at its Burghausen site in Germany. The Munich-based chemical company is building a further reactor for the manufacture of isopropenyl acetate (IPA) with an annual capacity of 2,500 metric tons.

MOL is to invest around USD 2bn in strategic projects in the next five years Free cash flow to fully cover strategy investments and smaller M&As MOL unveils details about the development directions in petrochemicals Consumer Services to generate USD 450-500m EBITDA by 2021, or more than 20% of Group profits In Upstream MOL to spend over USD 2bn organic capex in 2017-2021 and will monitor further reserves replacement opportunities

The Szakoly power plant, which started its activities in 2009, produces electricity from the combustion of woodchips and sawmill by-products. With a capacity of 19.8 MW it produces 130 GWh of electricity per year for the national grid, the equivalent of the annual consumption of 50,000 households in Hungary.

Gives Takeda in-house production capacity to meet global demand for NINLARO® (ixazomib). Puts Drug Substance, Drug Product, Packaging and Quality Control all under one roof. Expected to become operational in the second half of 2018

Successful exploration at the Tara zinc mine in Ireland has identified a new mineralisation with an inferred mineral resource of 10 Mtonnes. Boliden has decided to expand the mine’s tailings dam and launch a programme to extend the life-of-mine.

Representing an investment of over €100 million, the Mater-Biotech plant in Bottrighe (Rovigo) will be the world’s first industrial plant dedicated to the production of bio-butanediol (BDO). It will produce 30,000 tonnes/year of low-impact BDO, with savings of more than 50% in terms of CO2 emissions, thus helping achieve a “low carbon society”.

Green Refinery. Biofuel from vegetable oil. A new life for the refinery

LG Chem will build an EV battery plant inside the LG cluster located in Kobierzyce Commune near Wroclaw in southwestern Poland. The plant has a size of 41,300 ㎡ and aims to start production in the 2nd half of 2017

Umicore officially opened its new production plant for emission control catalysts in Nowa Ruda, Poland (near Wrocław). The facility meets the growing demand for automotive catalysts in Europe, a trend that is supported by tightening emission legislation in the European Union.

The launching of the Fuel Storage Park in Sines took place on the 19th December 2016 and the development of the project fully complied with the planned program - on time, on budget and without accidents.

More than EUR 300 million have been invested by Slovnaft in the new production unit and its components Low density polyethylene production capacity will reach 220,000 tons per annum. The contractor was a Maire Tecnimont Group, Italy. After successful technology testing, start-up and guarantee testing, commercial production will start in early 2016.

The plant to be built in Strazske, Slovak Republic, will deliver 55,000 metric tons per year of cost-competitive cellulosic ethanol while using non-food biomass as its feedstock.

Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an investment of 12 million euros.

The Counselor for Employment, Business and Commerce, José Sánchez Maldonado, has announced that Grupo ENCE is to begin the works on a new low emission biomass energetic Power Plant in Huelva that will produce 50MW.

AkzoNobel is to invest more than €10 million in Sweden to expand capacity for its chelated micronutrients, which are used as essential ingredients in the agricultural market.

Cambrex today announced that it has expanded large scale manufacturing capacity at its cGMP facility in Karlskoga, Sweden and has introduced additional continuous flow manufacturing for the production of high purity intermediates.

Investments of 3 billion Swiss francs in modern research infrastructure, attractive workplaces and sustainable site development

Commercial-scale production of the high-purity renewable platform chemical, 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) has started at the Biochem-1 facility operated by AVA Biochem in Muttenz, Switzerland. The Swiss-made 5-HMF is made from renewable feedstock and Biochem-1 will, in a first phase, produce up to 20 tonnes 5-HMF per year.

Fastest-Acting Phytase Activates Earlier in The Animal’s Digestive Tract, Improving Profitability and Performance While Reducing Waste and Improving Environmental Footprint

Avantium announces a partnership with AkzoNobel, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer for the development of a reference plant at the Chemie Park Delfzijl. This important step marks the next stage of a collaborative effort to determine the feasibility of a wood to chemicals biorefinery in Delfzijl.

INEOS is looking at sites across Europe including Antwerp in Belgium for its new world scale 750,000 tonne PDH plant. INEOS is planning to increase the capacity of its crackers at Grangemouth in Scotland and Rafnes in Norway to over 1 million tonnes each. With these cracker expansions, INEOS will have added up to 900,000 tonnes of ethylene to its overall production capacity “These are three major new projects”, says Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of INEOS. “Collectively, it’s the equivalent of building a new world scale cracker in Europe”.

The px group ('px'), the Teesside based infrastructure solutions business, has agreed to acquire the Saltend Industrial Park - near Hull - from BP.