Birla Carbon has established two new carbon black manufacturing sites in Naidupet, Andhra Pradesh, India, and Rayong, Thailand. According to the company, each of the new facilities will have an initial capacity of 120 kMT operational in 2025 with plans to expand to 240 kMT in the future. The new sites will be prioritized based on their locations, demand dynamics in the region, and specific customer needs. Read More…
Kuraray Europe GmbH (KEG), a specialty chemicals company, has announced the establishment of a new subsidiary, Kuraray Europe Spain S.L. (KES). Read More…
Solvay is expanding the production capacity of hydrogen peroxide at its Shandong Huatai Interox Chemical site in China. Building on its existing partnership with Huatai Chemical, the alliance will enable the site to produce 48 kilotons of photovoltaic-grade hydrogen peroxide annually by 2025. Read More…
Kraton Corporation, a producer of specialty polymers and bio-based products derived from pine wood pulping by-products, has completed a $35 million investment to upgrade its crude tall oil biorefinery towers in its Panama City, Fla. manufacturing facility. Read More…
KRAHN Chemie has opened a new subsidiary, KRAHN Central & Eastern Europe, based in Vienna, Austria. Read More…
Brenntag, a chemicals and ingredients distributor, has been awarded the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ISCC PLUS. According to the company, Brenntag is one of the first distributors globally certified for the full chain of custody for direct shipments and warehouse business for the first nine out over 20 warehouses currently in scope. Brenntag is allowed to buy, sell and distribute mass-balanced-products directly or through these sites. The scope of the certificate includes the chain of custody options Mass Balance, Physical Segregation and Controlled Blending. Read More…