Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has announced a new digitalization strategy that is focusing on more data-centric business management to achieve digital transformation and to offer its customers transparency for its products. Covestro's climate impact from the manufacture of its products…
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, the nitrogen fertilizer technology licensor, has been selected to provide the Process Design Package to upgrade the Hulunbeier New Gold Chemical Co., Ltd.’s urea plant in Hulunbuir (China), leveraging on…
Quality control processes can have a reputation for being redundant or tedious, but they play a fundamental role in producing consistent and effective products. When it comes to the manufacturing of products for the medical and life-sciences sectors, these processes…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has signed a term sheet with Dutch company VoltH2 to advance green hydrogen production at the Delfzijl chemical park. According to the agreement, VoltH2 will construct a 50-MW electrolyzer near Evonik's hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plant.…
Heraeus Precious Metals has recently entered two partnerships aimed at advancing green hydrogen production via proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis. Mattiq In collaboration with Mattiq (Skokie, Ill.), Heraeus Precious Metals is working to develop and commercialize advanced electrocatalyst materials for green…
Lhyfe (Paris, France) has announced plans to build its first green-hydrogen plant in northern France. The new production site under construction by the company is in Croixrault, in the Somme region of Hauts-de-France. Thanks to its strategic location and Lhyfe’s…
Electrolysis specialist Quest One, a subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES), has started construction of a demonstration plant for its Modular Hydrogen Platform (MHP) PEM electrolyzer in Augsburg, Germany. The electrolyzer will be installed in a test stand at…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) and OOYOO Ltd., a Japanese start-up, signed a partnership agreement to develop high-performance gas-separation membrane technology for carbon capture. Arkema will leverage its expertise and its leading innovation in high performance polymers, while OOYOO will develop membrane…
LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the signing of two significant power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Europe, further supporting its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The PPAs offer LYB long-term price certainty, which helps stabilize energy costs and make…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Weardale Lithium Ltd. for one of Europe’s most advanced demonstration facilities for lithium brine extraction in Eastgate, County Durham, U.K. Under the agreement, KBR will provide technology licensing…