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Aker Solutions Proprietary Equipment Manufacturing Plant

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  Aker Solutions' new facility in Ontario will enable the company to capitalise...
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  The new fabrication facility undertakes an extensive scope of work.
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  Aker Solutions has been designing and fabricating custom shell and tube heat...
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  Construction commenced in July 2008 and the facility includes an office,...
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  Core capability of the facility is the design and manufacture of shell and...

Algenol Biofuels Pilot-Scale Integrated Bio-Refinery, Florida

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  Aerial view of the Algenol Biofuels ethanol production site in Lee County,...
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  The biorefinery produces ethanol uses proprietary Direct to Ethanol algae...
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  Patented plastic film photobioreactor is a component of Direct to Ethanol...
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  The biorefinery will have a capacity to produce 100,000 gallons of ethanol...

Antam Tayan Chemical Grade Alumina Project

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  The Tayan plant will produce several alumina grades including commodity and...
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  Alumina is an inorganic compound used for making abrasive products.
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  The chemical structure of the aluminium oxide or alumina.
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  Antam will supply the bauxite for the ICA plant.

Arab Potash Company Potash Factory

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  The site includes a 150km² solar evaporation pond system and ore...
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  The potash factory was opened in October 2010.
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  The estimated cost of construction of the new plant and other improvements is...
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  The Ghor Safi potash plant draws brine from the Dead Sea.
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  The new plant has a capacity of 500,000t/y of potash.
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  The newly constructed cold crystallisation plant.

Asahi Glass Company, ETFE Plant, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, UK

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  ETFE has a number of uses and is non-stick, so it does not get dirty and...
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  The Allianz Arena is one of the largest ETFE buildings in the world.
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  The structure of the Allianz stadium can be seen prior to the ETFE pillows...
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  The Eden project in Cornwall also used ETFE in its biome construction.
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  ETFE is used to make panels or pillows which are supported by a steel frame.

Asahi Kasei Chemicals S-SBR Plant, Jurong Island

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  Asahi Kasei Corporation President Mr. Taketsugu Fujiwara delivering a speech...
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  Important figures attended the ceremony, including Toshiaki Higashihara,...
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  Structural formula of the styrene-butadiene-rubber. The copolymer consists of...

ASCOM Calcium Carbonate Plant, El-Minya Industrial Zone

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  ACCM's operations in El-Minya will provide it with access to one of the...
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  ACCM expects its calcium carbonate product to provide the company with a...
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  Hosokawa Alpine will provide the ACCM plant with German grinding technology.
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  ACCM has secured an initial approval for 10,000m² of land to set up a...

Avantium YXY Pilot Plant

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  Aerial view of the plant.
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  Avantium developed the bioplastics from furanics.
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  The furanics will be used for the development of plastic.

BASF Antioxidant Blends Manufacturing Plant, Bahrain

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  Groundbreaking ceremony of the CSB plant. BASF is constructing the new plant...
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  The EPCM contract being signed by Dr. Gordian Schilling (left) and Mehdi Honar.
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  The antioxidant blends produced by the plant will be used for the production...
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  The BASF plant will be situated at the Bahrain International Investment Park...

BASF Cathode Material Production Plant, Elyria, Ohio

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  BASF' plant covers an area of 70,000 square feet.
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  NCM cathode material is used in the production of lithium-ion batteries.
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  The grand opening ceremony of the production plant.
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  Groundbreaking ceremony of the plant was held in October 2010.

Bayer MaterialScience Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) Plant

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  TDI is an important intermediate in the production of flexible polyurethane...
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  The flexible foams are used for various modern daily products, such as chairs...
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  Bayer MaterialScience is currently constructing a new toluene diisocyanate...

BorsodChem TDI Plant, Kazincbarcika

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  BorsodChem’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant is located in Hungary
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  The TDI plant has an annual capacity of 160,000t.
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  The new plant makes BorsodChem the largest producer of TDI in Europe.

British Airways' Greensky London Project

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  The new plant is expected to be located in East London.
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  The fuel produced by the plant will be sufficient for the entire fleet of...
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  The new plant will produce 16 million gallons of fuel every year from food...

Chemetall's Chemicals Plant, Blackman Township, Michigan

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  The production site of Chemetall at Blackman Township was commissioned in 2012.
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  Pretreated components of the Patented Oxsilan at the new facility.
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  Products manufactured are used in the surface treatment of automotive...
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  Wires before undergoing the dipping process at the new plant.

Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack, North Rhine-Westphalia

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  Entrance to the Knapsack Chemical Park in Germany.
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  Aerial view of the Knapsack Chemical Industrial Park in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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  Feierabendhaus Knapsack is an event building at the industrial site.
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  The Knapsack industrial park is well connected by roads and a railway network.
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  The 180ha Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack is operated by InfraServ Knapsack.

Ciba Industries, Antioxidant Plant

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  The Ciba plant is being constructed on a newly developed section of Jurong...
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  The antioxidants produced by the Ciba plant perform several important...
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  Consumer demand for plastics is growing fast in China and other emerging...
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  A new antioxidant plant in Singapore will strengthen Ciba's cost leadership...
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  Ciba's Singapore facility began production in January 2009 and the company...

Dow Mitsui Chlor-Alkali Plant

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  Diagram showing the process of chlor-alkali membrane technology.
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  The caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) is used for several industrial purposes.
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  The C/A plant will be established at Dow's integrated manufacturing complex...
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  Chlorine from the plant will be converted to ethylene dichloride (EDC).

DuPont Monomer and Resin Plant

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  DuPont is making an investment to increase its production capabilities in the...
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  Advanced technology is used to produce DuPont's key products, such as Freon...
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  The expansion will also invest in the Fayetteville plant, which manufactures...

DuPont Tate & Lyle's Biochemical Plant, Tennessee

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  The Loudon plant produces 140m pounds of 1,3-propanediol (Bio PDO) annually.
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  Zemea propanediol is used in personal care and cosmetic applications.
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  The site witnessed the first large-scale commercial production of...

Edmonton Waste-to-Biofuels Facility, Alberta

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  3D rendering of Enerkem's full-scale commercial waste-to-biofuels facility.
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  Panoramic view of Enerkem's proprietary technology at its commercial...
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  (Left to right) The mayor of Edmonton Stephen Mandel, premier of Alberta Ed...
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  Enerkem's commercial demonstration facility in Westbury, Quebec.
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  Enerkem's clean conversion technology at its Westbury facility.

Ensus Bioethanol Plant, Teesside

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  Ensus is building the UK's first ever bioethanol plant in Teesside.
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  Diagrammatic view of the Ensus plant.
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  The Ensus plant is expected to generate 70% of carbon savings compared to...
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  The first 5,000t of wheat was delivered in December 2009, prior to the plant...
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  A third of the plant's output will be used for fuel, with the remainder going...

Evonik's Methionine Complex

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  Evonik commenced construction of its Methionine Complex on Jurong Island in...
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  Evonik is the only company to manufacture and sell all four essential amino...
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  Methionine is an amino acid used as an additive for poultry feed.

ExxonMobil Chemical Shanghai Technology Center (STC)

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  ExxonMobil Chemical's STC in Zizhu Science-Based Industrial Park was built at...
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  The process hall at the STC houses commercial-scale and pilot-size machines.
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  Officials during the groundbreaking ceremony of the technology centre in May...
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  The STC has state-of-the-art laboratories with analytical and testing...
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  The chemical development complex currently employs 200 scientists and...
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  The Shanghai Technology Center is ExxonMobil Chemical's third largest of its...

FMC Soda Ash Plant, Wyoming

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  Soda ash is a valuable resource used in the manufacturing of glass.
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  Green River has the largest deposits of trona in the world.
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  Coal is the energy source for the revitalised FMC plant and the supply in...
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  The Green River deposit was discovered in 1938.
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  The ore is trona, which is an evaporite mineral.

Gevo Bio-Based Isobutanol Plant, Luverne, Minnesota

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  Gevo’s isobutanol production facility is located in Luverne, Minnesota, US.
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  The Luverne facility has production capacity of 18 million gallons a year.
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  Gevo retrofitted an existing plant with its technology instead of building a...

Greencol Taiwan Corporation Bio-MEG Plant, Taiwan

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  Greencol Taiwan Corporation's new bio-mono ethylene glycol plant is located...
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  The new plant will produce 100,000t of bio-MEG a year.
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  With the construction of the new plant Toyota aims to establish a global...
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  Global demand for bio-PET is estimated to reach 60million tons a year by 2015.

Gulf Fluor Hydrogen Fluoride Plant, Abu Dhabi

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  Gulf Fluor of Abu Dhabi is hoping to capitalise on new aluminium smelting...
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  Aluminium trifluoride is an important component in the smelting of aluminium.
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  Sulphuric acid is an important part of HF production and large quantities are...
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  Hydrogen fluoride production will be 10,000t per year.
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  Fluorite is an important mineral in the production of HF.

Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company Carbon Dioxide Recovery Plant

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  GPIC's new facility has the capacity to produce 450t a day of carbon dioxide...
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  GPIC came up with the CDR project in 2006 to increase the production capacity...
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  The carbon dioxide recovery facility is fitted with its own incinerator for...
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  CO2 recovery starts with the feeding of the flue gas...

Hi-Bis Special Bisphenol Plant, Bitterfeld

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  The groundbreaking ceremony of Hi-Bis' second bisphenol plant was held in 2012.
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  Apec high-tech plastic is used in automotive lighting.
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  An adaptor used for medical applications, made of Apec.

Huntsman Chemicals Styrene Plant, West Footscray

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  The plant at West Footscray produces styrene, on a site including other...
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  Styrene production follows a complex manufacturing process.
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  Huntsman's West Footscray plant was closed in the first quarter of 2010.

INEOS Indian River BioEnergy Center, Vero Beach, Florida

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  INEOS New Planet BioEnergy has started production at its bio-energy facility.
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  The Vero Beach plant will produce millions of gallons of bioethanol annually.
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  Indian River BioEnergy Center was built with an investment of more than $130m.

Johnson Matthey Emissions Control Catalyst Production Facility

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  Johnson Matthey constructed the plant to meet an expected rise in demand for...
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  The new plant covers an area of 150,000ft2 in an 11.5-acre greenfield site in...
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  Johnson Matthey's SCR systems utilise specialised catalysts to minimise NOx...

Kalundborg Bioethanol Demonstration Plant

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  The Kalundborg plant technological process converts wheat straw into ethanol.
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  Sugar-containing C5 molasses from the plant are used to feed livestock, which...
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  Dong Energy and Inbicon’s new second-generation ethanol demonstration plant...
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  Dong Energy has operated a pilot plant with Inbicon patented technology for...
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  Inbicon biomass conversion technology produces biofuel using straw as the raw...
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  The Inbicon demonstration plant is situated adjacent to Asnæs Power Station,...
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  The Kalundborg demonstration plant is the first biorefinery in Europe to use...
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  Second-generation ethanol is considered to have a potential market growth and...

Lanxess Butyl Rubber Facility

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  Senior executives from the Singapore Economic Development Board and LANXESS...
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  LANXESS' site on Jurong Island where the company's new butyl rubber plant...
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  The applications of halobutyl rubber include aeroplane tyre inner liners and...

Lanxess Neodymium Polybutadiene Rubber (Nd-PBR) Plant

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  Ground breaking for Lanxess' new neodymium polybutadiene rubber plant in...
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  The site of the new rubber plant is located at Jurong Island Chemical Park.
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  Neodymium polybutadiene will primarily be used in the production of green tyres.

LANXESS Rubber Chemicals Plant, Jhagadia, Guajarat

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  LANXESS India started up a new rubber chemicals facility in Jhagadia on 3...
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  Equipment from the Thane chemicals production plant was relocated to about...
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  The Vulkanox rubber chemical is an anti-degradant developed by LANXESS to...
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  The Jhagadia site in the state of Gujarat is LANXESS' largest production site...

LanzaTech 2,3-Butanediol Demonstration Plant

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  LanzaTech and Baosteel will construct a chemical demonstration plant in China...
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  The demonstration plant will have the capacity to produce 100,000gal/yr of...
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  LanzaTech has been operating a pilot plant in Glenbrook, Auckland since 2008.

Linde Group's Air Separation Facility

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  The air separation unit is the second such facility of Linde Korea in Giheung.
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  Industrial gases have applications in a number of industries.
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  Linde Korea has invested $235m between 2006 and 2011 in South Korea.

Lonsen Kiri Chemical Industries' Dyestuff Plant

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  The output reactive chemicals from Lonsen Kiri Industries will be used in...
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  Lonsen Kiri Chemical Industries has an initial reactive dyestuff production...
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  The reaction of cellulosic fibre with hydroxyl group forms a chemical bond to...
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  The reactive dyeing is widely used for the colouration of cellulosic fibres,...

Merck Advanced Technology Centre

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  Inauguration ceremony of the Merck Advanced Technology Centre.
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  Merck Korea launched its second chemical research centre in Korea on 4 May 2010.
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  The new chemical research centre is spread over five storeys and includes...
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  The centre will conduct research in areas related to liquid crystal for...
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  The research centre will diversify the Merck's product range in the field of...

Olin Chlor Alkali Products' Membrane Cell Manufacturing Facility

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  The $160m Olin Chlor Alkali Products Charleston membrane cell manufacturing...
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  Mercury-based production at Charleston has been replaced with the Bichlor...
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  The new plant has the capacity to produce 200,000t/y of chlor alkali products.

Orbite's High Purity Alumina (HPA) Plant, Quebec

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  Groundbreaking for Orbite's new facility took place in June 2012.
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  Gastier has been contracted to manage the HPA project.
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  The plant is expected to produce three tonnes of HPA a day during the initial...
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  Commercial production from the plant is expected by the second quarter of 2013.

Qatar Helium II Refining Facility, Ras Laffan Industrial City

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  The Qatar Helium 2 Project will be the world's largest helium refining facility.
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  The facility will produce 38 million cubic metres of helium a year.
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  The facility will procure LNG Qatargas LNG trains 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Renewable Energy Corporation Silicon III Plant

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  The Silicon III plant is capable of producing 6,500MT of granular polysilicon...
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  Construction of the Silicon III plant began after REC announced its...
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  REC started production at the first Moses Lake plant in November 2002.
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  Silane gas is produced from silicon rods used in the reactors.
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  Contractors for construction of the Silicon III plant included Fluor, Haskell...
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  Expansion of the Moses Lake polysilicon site was expected to increase...

Sasol Wax Expansion Project, Sasolburg

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  The first phase of the FTWEP will come into operation in September 2012.
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  The Sasol Wax project is being undertaken with an investment of ZAR8.4bn...
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  Arrival of the 7.7m high, 712t wax reactor and quench tower to the Sasolburg...
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  Sasol Wax operates a production facility in Germany.

Sibur Thermoplastic Elastomer Production Plant, Voronezh

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  Distillation columns being installed at the plant site.
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  The expansion will increase Sibur's thermoplastic elastomers production...
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  Equipment being brought in to the construction site.
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  The expansion project started in June 2011.
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  Construction is expected to be completed by end of 2012.

SOCC Aluminium Alkyls Facility, Al Jubail

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  Signage of the SOCC aluminium alkyls facility under construction in Jubail...
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  Officials from Albemarle, Samsung Engineering, SABIC, SOCC and Specialty Chem...
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  Image showing progress of construction on the control room and site.
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  Pipe racks and process area under construction at the SOCC Al Jubail...

Solvay Epichlorohydrin Plant

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  Epichlorohydrin, an epoxide family compound, is an important feedstock...
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  Epichlorohydrin is used to protect wind turbine blades and demand for the...
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  Epichlorohydrin is used for the reinforcement of paper used for applications...

Songwon OPS (One Pack Systems) Plant, Texas

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  The new OPS facility in Houston has an initial capacity of 7,000 metric...
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  OPS manufacturing in Germany. The plant at Houston will incorporate similar...
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  Songwon OPS are manufactured using a proprietary technology acquired from ATG.

Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Pilot Plant, Florida

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  State Rep. Debbie Mayfield during the dedication ceremony for the Stan...
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  Officials from the University of Florida, Buckeye Technologies and the...
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  Dr. Lonnie Ingram, who developed the genetically altered bacterium used at...
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  UF / IFAS will operate the pilot plant as a satellite lab to research and...

SynGest Bioammonia Plant

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  The process at the SynGest plant uses biomass as a raw material and mature...
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  Syn gas from biomass is a starting point for a wide range of chemical feedstocks
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  SynGest's mini-biorefinery or mini-plant could become an important business...
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  Standard ammonia production releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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  The SynGest process will recycle carbon dioxide and produce very little waste.

Thai Choline Chloride Manufacturing Plant

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  Choline chloride is a complex vitamin/nutritional that promotes rapid and...
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  The Leonard process for producing methylamine has a low environmental impact.
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  Choline chloride is important in the Thai agricultural industry; it is...
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  Map Ta Phut industrial estate is near a deep water port in the province of...
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  A molecule of methylamine; this needs to be produced prior to choline chloride.

UPM Kymi Kuusankoski Pulp Mill Chemical Recovery Plant

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  The UPM Kymi's pulp mill chemical recovery plant was started-up in June 2008.
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  Aerial view of the Kymi pulp mill and paper factory.
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  UPM invested about €340m in the chemical recovery plant.
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  The various plants and heavy pipe bridges of the Kymi mill.
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  With the chemical recovery plant, Kymi has reached almost zero airborne...

UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery

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  The process technology involved in producing biofuels at Lappeenranta...
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  UPM will market the second generation wood-based biofuel produced as UPM...
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  UPM has collaborated with Andritz / Carbona for developing the gassification...
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  The refinery will produce 100,000t of renewable diesel fuel annually.

Vivergo Fuels Ethanol Plant, Hull, Yorkshire

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  Vivergo Fuels' ethanol plant is located in Saltend, UK.
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  The plant will meet nearly one-third of the UK's biofuel demand.
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  The Saltend plant will convert 1.1 million tons of wheat into 420 million...

Wacker Chemie and Dow Corning Siloxane and Pyrogenic Silica Production Facility

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  Wacker Chemie and Dow Corning have built an integrated silicone manufacturing...
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  The facility consists of a pyrogenic silica plant and a siloxane plant.
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  The expansion is expected to help the two companies widen their customer base...
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  Pyrogenic silica is used in printing inks, insulating gels, adhesives, paper...

Wacker Chemie Silicone Production Facility, Saxony

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  Wacker has been operating at the site since November 1998.
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  The Nünchritz facility manufactures about 200 of Wacker's portfolio of 3,500...
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  About 930 people are employed at the Nünchritz facility.
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  The company invested about €900m for the project.
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  Wacker uses advanced processing technology at its sites.