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Gevo and LG Chem to jointly develop bio-propylene technology platform

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) have entered into a joint development agreement to develop bio-propylene for renewable chemicals using Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology. Gevo’s proprietary ETO technology can target carbon neutral or carbon negative drop-in…

Clariant opens new catalyst plant in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the grand opening of its new CATOFIN catalyst production site in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. Investing in innovations such as CATOFIN is a core element of Clariant’s new purpose-led strategy, as expressed in the statement…

Merck invests $300 million to expand specialty gases plant in Pennsylvania

EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) in the U.S. and Canada, announced an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support expansion plans at its semiconductor manufacturing site in Hometown. This expansion is part of the…

Worley announces contract award for Chemetics sulfuric acid technology

Chemetics, the technology and solutions provider for sulfuric acid and other specialty chemical facilities of Worley (North Sydney, Australia), has been awarded a contract to install its CORE-SO2 sulfuric acid technology at Arafura Rare Earths Ltd.’s Nolans Project in Australia.…

Atlas Agro selects KBR’s green ammonia technology for its series of plants

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atlas Agro AG to license KBR’s innovative K-GreeN technology for Atlas’ planned investment in a series of green nitrate plants. Under the terms of the MoU,…

Teijin Frontier develops new technology to support polyester recycling

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced that it has developed a new foreign material removal technology to eliminate polyurethane (PU) elastomer fiber from discarded polyester apparel.  The technology features a new processing agent…

Arkema announces decarbonization progress at sulfur derivatives site in France

Arkema SA (Colombes, France) has announced the successful commissioning of a new process at the Lacq/Mourenx site, which will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28%, moving forward Arkema’s emissions reduction plan. Arkema's Lacq/Mourenx (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France) platform specializes in the…

TotalEnergies to sell three resin product lines

TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) has accepted an offer from Pacific Avenue Capital Partners for the acquisition of three product lines (Wingtack, PolyBD and Dymalink) developed by Cray Valley, its resin production and sales affiliate. The transaction includes four production sites…

Leonardo and Siemens to collaborate on advanced industrial cybersecurity

Leonardo and Siemens Digital Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) representing an integrated offer of advanced cybersecurity solutions for IT/OT technologies (Information Technology/Operational Technology), which is dedicated to digital, secure, connected and integrated industrial infrastructures.  The agreement was…

KBR’s ammonia technology selected by Avina Green Hydrogen

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its K-GreeN technology has been selected by Avina Clean Hydrogen for its green ammonia project in the U.S. Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will provide the process technology license and engineering design for…