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BASF’s Performance Materials plants in Europe are now entirely run on renewable electricity

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Performance Materials division completely switched all its European sites to renewable electricity. "As BASF, we want to enable our customers green transformation, and we believe it starts with us. This is our ambition…

Worley awarded FEED contract for First Ammonia’s project in Texas

Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia)  announced that it was selected by First Ammonia to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) for an electric ammonia facility in Victoria, Texas. This facility has an initial anticipated production capacity of 300 metric tons…

Técnicas Reunidas leading project to create European value chain for the production of permanent magnets

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been selected as the leading company for the PERMANET Project (PERmanent MAgnet Network for the European Transition) promoted by the European Commission (EC) within the framework of its Horizon Program. The main goal…

Ren-Gas selects MAN Energy Solutions’ methanation technology for its Tampere e-methane plant

MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) will deliver 50 MW methanation reactor for the Ren-Gas Tampere e-methane plant in Finland.  The equipment delivery will consist of catalytic methanation reactor designed and manufactured at MAN Energy Solutions Deggendorf, Germany. Ren-Gas, the leading…

Evonik and Oerlikon Barmag form strategic partnership for chemical recycling of PET

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Oerlikon Barmag have announced their cooperation to promote chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. Both companies are committed to develop technologies for robust and efficient depolymerisation and purification processes, coupled with an integrated…

Aduro Clean Technologies achieves key milestone in recycling pilot-plant development

Aduro Clean Technologies, Inc. (Sarnia, Ont., Canada) announced the successful completion of the Basic Engineering Design phase for its Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT) Next Generation Process (NGP) Pilot Plant, marking a significant milestone in the commercialization of its platform technology. This…

LG Chem is first Korean company to join Global Impact Coalition

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC), a CEO-led collaborative platform for net-zero chemicals, is proud to announce LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) as its newest member. As one of the world’s largest chemical companies and a leader in sustainable materials,…

LanzaJet selects Teesside for new SAF production facility

LanzaJet, a producer and technology provider for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF),  announced the selection of the site for their next production facility, Project Speedbird, in Teesside’s Wilton International.  LanzaJet has partnered with Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned entity of Sembcorp Industries…

Evonik forms hydrogen peroxide JV in China

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company (Fuhua) have established a joint venture in Leshan, Sichuan Province, to produce and market hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in China. The new company, “Evonik Fuhua New Materials (Sichuan) Co., Ltd.,” has…

Wacker starts up new silicone plants in Japan and South Korea

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) this week started up two new production facilities for specialty silicones in Japan and South Korea. The expansion strengthens the company’s activities in the Asian growth market. The new plants, located in Tsukuba, Japan and…