Keyword: Silica

Chemistry & Life Sciences

New Opportunities for Process Chemical Producers

04.06.2014 - Refining and Petrochemicals - The golden age of refining which peaked in the first decade of this century is over. Now oil refining has become a far more complex operation. Since...

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Evonik Plans New Silica Plant in Brazil

24.05.2013 - Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a production plant for precipitated silica in Brazil. Subject to the approval of the responsible bodies, Evonik aims to complete...

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Solvay to Build a New Silica Plant in Poland

14.02.2013 - Solvay today announced it will invest €75 million to build a new 85,000 ton per year Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) plant in Włocławek, Poland. Combined with a further capacity...

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Solvay inaugurates silica capacity expansion in France

30.11.2012 - Solvay inaugurated its highly dispersible silica capacity production expansion and its modernized R&D facility at its Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or site in France. This investment follows...

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Huber Increases Capacity at its Precipitated Silica Plant in Tennessee

24.09.2012 - Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, announces it is increasing capacity at its precipitated silica plant in Etowah, Tennessee (U.S.). The expansion...

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How Solvay Will Look After Taking Over Rhodia

11.05.2011 - Belgian chemicals group Solvay said the French financial markets authority has approved their friendly public offer for Rhodia. Once the authorizations of the Autorité de Contrôle...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Biocatalysis Can Pave the Way to Greener Manufacturing

21.01.2011 - One of the great challenges that the pharmaceutical, chemical and allied industries face in the 21st century is the transition to greener and more sustainable manufacturing...

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Huber to Expand Silica Production Capacity in India

26.07.2010 - Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of the J.M. Huber Corporation, announced plans to expand silica production capacity at its manufacturing facility in Jhagadia, India...