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AGC Biologics to build one of Japan’s largest biomanufacturing sites in Yokohama

AGC Biologics Inc. (Bothell, Wash.) announced plans to construct a new manufacturing facility at AGC Inc.’s Yokohama Technical Center in Japan. The new site is a part of the company's strategic growth strategy to create more high-quality pharmaceutical development and…

Metso to build ferrochrome plant for FACOR in India

Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Ferro Alloys Corp. Ltd. (FACOR), part of Vedanta, have agreed on the design and delivery of a ferrochrome plant for FACOR’s expansion project in Bhadrak, Odisha, in India. The contract value of approximately EUR 80…

Topsoe selected by Essar to provide technology for £360-million carbon capture project

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected by Essar Oil UK, a leading integrated downstream energy company, to be a technology licensor for its carbon capture facility, based in Stanlow, North West England. Topsoe will deliver its SNOX technology for…

Teck Resources starts up carbon-capture pilot plant in British Columbia

Teck Resources Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), one of Canada’s leading mining companies, announced the Carbon Capture Pilot Plant at its Trail Operations in southern British Columbia is now operating and successfully capturing carbon dioxide (CO2). “This is an important milestone…

AGC to expand biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacities at Yokohama Technical Center

AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) has announced that it has decided to expand its biopharmaceutical CDMO capability at the AGC Yokohama Technical Center. The total investment for the expansion is expected to be approximately 50 billion Japanese yen. Development services for gene…

Kemira and IFF expand biotechnology partnership to focus on enzymatic polymerization

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) announced the next step towards the commercialization of the Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial (“DEB”) platform, a cutting-edge biotechnology process that enables production of new renewable polymers with enzymatic polymerization. These renewable…

LG Chem begins construction of major battery-materials plant in Tennessee

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) has commenced the construction of a cathode plant in the U.S., intending to establish a production hub for the global battery material market. The facility, located in Montgomery County, Clarksville, Tennessee, will locally produce…

TechnipEnergies to provide technology, engineering and procurement for Dow’s new ethylene cracker in Canada

Technip Energies (Paris) has been selected to provide Proprietary Technology, Engineering, and Procurement services for Dow’s net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions integrated ethylene cracker in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Technip Energies provided an Extended Basic Engineering Package for this…

Idemitsu Kosan starts up new production plant in Malaysia for syndiotactic polystyrene

Idemitsu Advanced Materials (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo), has newly constructed a second SPS (syndiotactic polystyrene) production plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia, and launched commercial operation in November 2023. The production capacity of this…

ExxonMobil to build carbonate fuel-cell pilot plant in Rotterdam

Esso Nederland BV, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corp. (Houston) plans to build a pilot plant at its Rotterdam Manufacturing Complex to test a breakthrough technology that could significantly reduce CO2 emissions from key industries. The pilot plant aims to…