Carbon280 Ltd. (Perth, Western Australia) announced the launch of its new Hydrilyte Pilot Plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. The company raised over $16 million to accelerate its innovative liquid hydrogen storage solution, Hydrilyte. The pilot and laboratory facilities were funded…
Canadian carbon-removal firm Deep Sky (Montreal) announced that Deep Sky Alpha, Canada’s first carbon-removal commercialization center, located in Innisfail, Alberta. has officially begun operations, marking the successful start of carbon removal and North America's first-ever sequestration of CO₂ captured directly…
Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and U.S.-based biotech company Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize a high-quality, natural astaxanthin derived from non-GMO heterotrophic algae. Astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant and red-orange carotenoid pigment found…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at considering comprehensive collaboration with Dangote Industries Ltd. (Lagos, Nigeria), the largest conglomerate in Nigeria, and the consulting firm AAIC Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; AAIC). Dangote was founded in…
HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.hydrograph.com) announced it has signed a lease for a new 20,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Austin, which will replace its current space and represents an increase of nearly 100% in size. The new headquarters will…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Vioneo (Antwerp, Belgium) has selected its Novolen® polypropylene (PP) technology for a new grassroots plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will be part of Vioneo's complex that, once complete, will be the world's first industrial…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has constructed and begun operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works for its new proprietary, direct ethanol-to-propylene process. This new technology is expected to significantly contribute to the petrochemical…
The convergence of artificial intelligence. machine learning and materials science advances is transforming the scope of computational chemist roles and skillsets For decades, computational chemistry has played a central role in the world’s understanding of molecular interactions as it enables…
LOTTE Holdings, Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced an investment in Physiologas Technologies, a pioneering Japanese medical device company developing next-generation hemodialysis system aimed at transforming chronic kidney disease care. Founded in 2020, Physiologas is a preclinical stage medical device company…
DIC Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has established a new production facility for direct food-contact coatings on the site of a plant belonging to PT. DIC Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary located in Jakarta, Indonesia. This new facility is the…