Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced the opening of its Battery Customer Experience Center in Seoul, South Korea. The advanced facility will assist battery manufacturers in driving innovative solutions that support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of providing…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Izomaks Industries LLC (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), a leading manufacturer of waterproofing products (floors, roofs) in Saudi Arabia. Izomaks operates two manufacturing facilities in Riyadh, employs around 140…
TESCanada H2 Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada), a Canadian developer of projects aimed at accelerating the energy transitio has announced the new green-hydrogen initative Projet Mauricie. Totaling $4 billion in investments for the region, the Projet Mauricie consists of the construction…
AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) has announced that it has succeeded for the first time in Japan in a demonstration test to recycle about 24 tons of used solar panel cover glass into raw material cullet (pieces of broken glass). The test…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has announced the divestment of its fertilizer import and distribution subsidiary in Ivory Coast. Recognizing the ever-evolving challenges in the global food industry, Yara has undertaken a thorough analysis of its operations, considering market dynamics,…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) announced that its mass transfer technologies are being leveraged by Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) , the world's largest privately owned industrial gas specialist, in collaboration with a manufacturer of inorganic chemicals to enable innovative…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and Citroniq Chemicals announced that the two companies have signed licensing and engineering agreements for green polypropylene plants in the U.S. The first plant, scheduled for completion in 2027, will produce 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…
Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has announced that the Riograndense Petroleum Refinery (RPR) has successfully processed 100% soybean oil in a Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit at the Refinery. This milestone was made possible through innovative technology developed by the…
Industrial electrification is driving major value creation opportunities for industrial companies across the value chain. Transform Materials, a sustainable chemical company that uses microwave plasma technology to convert hydrocarbons and natural gas into acetylene and hydrogen, has made significant progress…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has selected LyondellBasell’s Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new 200,000-ton/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant. The new facility will be built in Panipat, India. “This…