Keyword: capacity expansion

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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...

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Lubrizol Hikes Drug Product Manufacturing Capacity

07.06.2017 - Lubrizol has announced a $60 million investment in new product solutions, capacity expansion, and additional cGMP manufacturing to strengthen its excipients, polymers, drug...

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Novamont Starts Renewable BDO Plant

10.10.2016 - Italian bioplastics producer Novamont has started up what is said to be the world’s first commercial plant for bio-production of a major intermediate, 1,4-butanediol (BDO). The...

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Aesica Expands UK Development Capacity

08.04.2016 - Aesica Pharmaceuticals has doubled development capacity at its site in Queenborough, Kent, UK, giving it the capability to manufacture multiple drug products up to Phase III...

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Teijin Expands Capacity for Technora Fiber

07.04.2016 - Japan’s Teijin will raise production of Technora para-aramid fiber by 10% at its Matsuyama plant in order to meet growing global demand. The company did not disclose actual...

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Sabuco Butanol Unit Ready to Go at Jubail

04.04.2016 - Sadara Basic Services Company, the wholly owned site management subsidiary of Sadara Chemical Company, the joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, has completed its...

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Chevron Phillips Expands Texas PAO Plant

01.04.2016 - Chevron Phillips Chemicals has finalized plans to invest in an expansion of polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas, USA. Capacity will rise by...

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Kemira Adds Sodium Chlorate Line at Joutseno

30.03.2016 - Kemira is expanding sodium chlorate capacity in Joutseno, Finland, to meet rising demand from the pulp industry. Construction of a new line and cell room based on Kemira’s own...