Keyword: capacity expansion

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Shintech Builds VCM/PVC Complex in USA

26.07.2018 - Shintech, the US subsidiary of Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical, has started building the first phase of an integrated VCM/PVC complex at a site next to its existing plant in Plaquemine...

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Perstorp proceeds with UK Caprolactone Upgrad

25.07.2018 - Swedish chemical producer Perstorp continues to make progress on upgrading its caprolactone plant in Warrington, UK. The project due to be completed in the second half of 2019...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Supports ABL Europe in Viral Vector GMP Capacity Expansion

16.03.2018 - ABL Europe has successfully increased and brought online new viral vector manufacturing capacity at its European facility in Strasbourg. A subsidiary of ABL Inc., ABL Europe has...

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Catalent Completes Expansion at Singapore Facility

08.03.2018 - Catalent Pharma Solutions has completed the $4.6 million expansion at its Singapore clinical supply facility, announced in Feb. 2016. The New Jersey, USA-based company said the...

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Trinseo Opens Pilot Plant, Raises S-SBR Capacity at German Site

01.03.2018 - US performance materials and plastics company Trinseo marked the opening of its new pilot plant and solution-styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) capacity expansion at Schkopau...

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Emerald Kalama Chemical Brings $40 Million Expansion Online

21.09.2017 - Emerald Kalama Chemical completed start-up of its $40 million expansion at the company’s Rotterdam, Netherlands site. The fully operational expansion increases Emerald’s global...

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Sibur Plans Plasticizer Plant in Perm, Russia

15.06.2017 - The Perm subsidiary of Russian gas and petrochemicals giant Sibur and the Perm territorial government have signed an eight-year special investment contract to set up a plant...

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Kemira Expands Sizing Agents in China

14.06.2017 - Finnish chemical company Kemira has started up new production lines for alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) emulsion and cationic rosin sizing agents at its site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province...