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Siemens and Exyte join forces to deliver integrated solutions for fast-track construction of smart biotech facilities

Siemens Digital Industries (Nuremberg) and Exyte Management GmbH (Stuttgart, both Germany) join forces to offer end-to-end solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry by combining the digitalization expertise of Siemens with the innovation boost from Exyte. Against the background of the current…

Green hydrogen: thyssenkrupp expands production capacities for water electrolysis to gigawatt scale

Green hydrogen is gaining in importance worldwide as an energy carrier and CO2-free feedstock for the chemical industry. As a result, demand is rising for industrial electrolysis plants that can produce green hydrogen cost-efficiently. Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany)…

Kobe Steel turns non-standard compressor affiliate in China into subsidiary

Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has turned its Chinese affiliate, Wuxi Compressor Co., Ltd., into a subsidiary after acquiring additional shares in the company in April 2020. Based in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi Compressor manufactures designs and sells non-standard (process…

BASF started piling of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong

On May 30, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; ) kicked off the piling work of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. This came as another important milestone in the development of the company’s $10-billion investment…

Roland Baan joins Haldor Topsoe as new CEO

Today is the first day for Haldor Topsoe A/S's (Lyngby, Denmark) new CEO, Roland Baan.  “This is a special day for me," says Baan. "Topsoe is an exceptional company that has made a huge difference for the refining and chemical…

The world’s first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine demonstrator

With the HyflexPower project, a consortium — made up of Engie Solutions (Paris, France), Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG (Munich, Germany), Centrax Ltd. (Abbot, England), Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR; Cologne, Germany) and four European universities —…

Siemens wins compression contract for Golden Pass LNG export project

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG (Erlangen, Germany) was awarded a contract from CCZ JV — a joint venture (JV) between Chiyoda International Corp., McDermott International, and Zachry Group — to supply three cryogenic boil-off gas (BOG) compressor…

Worley to provide EPC services for consumer-plastics-to-BTX plant in U.S.

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for Encina’s (Houston) consumer-plastics-to benzene-toluene-xylenes (BTX) processing plant in the U.S. BTX are important building blocks for a variety of widely-used products including pharmaceuticals, clothing, and glues. Regular…

evety paves the way to hydrogen economy for industry, logistics, mobility and the energy sector

OGE, TÜV SÜD and Horváth & Partners today announced the establishment of a joint company at a press conference. The new company, evety GmbH (Essen, Germany), will pool the expertise of the three partners and offer solutions for the use…

Clariant to increase mild surfactants capacity in Europe and U.S.

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) is expanding production capacity for its isethionates derivatives — Hostapon SCI — mild surfactants to support the increasing shift by personal care formulators and brands towards using mild surfactants to differentiate applications. It also supports the growing…