World Chemical News, July 2020, by chemwinfo
28 July 2020
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28 July 2020
BASF calculates CO2 footprint of all sales products
◼ BASF as the first chemical company with
transparent emission data
for the entire portfolio of approximately 45,000 products
◼ Data from the BASF Verbund
and a new digital application
help BASF customers to better measure and reduce
their own CO2 footprint
of their activities and end products
◼ Already today, BASF offers customers products
with reduced carbon footprint based
on renewable or recycled raw materials
according to the mass balance approach
23 July 2020
• Sales growth of 2.9% in local currencies
to CHF 3,614.6 million (–3.2% in CHF)
• High negative currency effect of –6.1%
(impact of minus CHF 225 million in sales
• Maintained high EBITDA margin of over 16%
(currency adjusted absolute EBITDA was flat)
• Operating profit (EBIT) at CHF 410.2 million (–14.8%)
• Increased operating free cash flow amounting
• Closing of acquisition of Adeplast (Romania),
takeover of Modern Waterproofing Group (Egypt),
and buildup of a new factory in Barranquilla (Colombia)
• Outlook for the second half of the year:
Sika is expecting more favorable market conditions.
With the anticipated improvement in sales volumes,
an over-proportional EBIT increase
for the second half of the year
• Confirmation of 2023 strategic targets
for sustainable, profitable growth
21 July 2020
the world’s largest licensor of polyolen technologies,
Quanzhou Grand Pacic Chemical Co. Ltd. (QGPC),
a fully owned Chinese subsidiary of
Grand Pacic Petrochemical Corporation (GPPC)
will use the LyondellBasell Spheripol technology
The process technology will be used for
to be built in Quanzhou, P.R. China.
17 July 2020
>>Hummingbird® ethanol-to-ethylene technology
TechnipFMC announces that its proprietary
Hummingbird® ethanol-to-ethylene technology
has been selected by LanzaTech Inc.
for a key application which, when combined with
LanzaTech’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology,
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
using ethanol as raw material.
sustainable aviation fuel company,
the first commercial-scale application
of the Hummingbird® sustainable
ethanol-to-ethylene technology.
based on a simple low-cost process
for dehydrating ethanol to ethylene.
A key aspect of this advanced technology
is its proprietary catalyst resulting in
a lower temperature, higher pressure,
and more selective process compared to
traditional ethanol dehydration processes
that use alumina-based catalysts..
Contact
Annette Morgan
TechnipFMC Process Technology
Tel: +1 281-249-2475
Email: annette.morgan@technipfmc.com
16 July 2020
Clariant announced today a second contract win
for its CATOFIN catalysts with
Dongguan Grand Resource Technology (DGR)
The company based its decision on
600 KTA CATOFIN propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit
Together, both PDH units will represent
1.2 million metric tons annually
of additional annual propylene capacity.
Since 2017, CATOFIN Technology has now been
selected for a majority of new PDH awards globally,
representing 22 new PDH plants,
or more than 15 million metric tons
15 July 2020
thyssenkrupp and BASF have signed
to expand their cooperation on the STAR process .
This proprietary dehydrogenation process
propylene from propane feedstocks,
or iso-butylene from iso-butane feedstocks,
using an exceptionally stable catalyst.
thyssenkrupp, focusing on process development, and
BASF, focusing on catalyst development,
together aim to significantly increase
the resource and energy efficiency of the process
Plant operators can benefit from lower investment
and operating costs as well as
lower CO emissions in the future..
13 July 2020
World’s largest green hydrogen project will use
Haldor Topsoe ammonia technology
A $5 billion dollar green hydrogen production facility
to be sited in NEOM, Saudi Arabia,
will include Topsoe’s proven ammonia technology.
The planned green ammonia loop will be
the world’s largest on a par with
the Gulf Coast Ammonia facility to be built
in Texas, US, which will also use
650 tons per day of carbon-free hydrogen
to power buses and trucks around the world
Air Products, ACWA Power, and NEOM.
Air Products will be the exclusive off-taker
of the green ammonia and intends to
to be dissociated to produce carbon-free hydrogen
for the transportation market.
12 July 2020
Polyamide nanofiber nonwoven fabric product profile
Polyamide nanofiber nonwoven fabric data sheet
Ascend Performance Materials announced today
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
a 510(k) premarket notification for clearance
to market its Acteev technology
in a pair of high-efficacy surgical masks
to protect against SARS-CoV-2,
a one-two punch of antiviral properties
plus top-level barrier protection against
microbes, harmful airborne particles and fluid splatte.
Acteev masks, however, achieve antiviral effectiveness
through active zinc ions embedded within
the polymer structure of polyamide 66,
whose equilibrium moisture keeps the zinc ions active.
9 July 2020
A Solvay facility in the Netherlands plans
to generate its own green energy
Solvay’s plant in Linne Herten,
in the southeastern corner of the Netherlands,
a stone’s throw from the German and Belgian borders,
produces mostly peroxide-based disinfectants
Dutch solar system installer KiesZon was selected.
The next steps (securing a building permit and subsidies
from Dutch authorities and drafting long-term contracts
for land lease and electricity supply) were successively
the first of 22,300 solar panels were installed.
In August, Linne Herten’s 6,500 MWh solar farm
will be fully operational, providing
40% of the plant’s electricity needs and
reducing its energy-related C02 emissions
This is Solvay’s second solar power project in Europe,
the other one being at a quarry in Walcourt
in neighboring Belgium.