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Metso opens Circored pre-reduction pilot plant in Frankfurt

Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has inaugurated its Circored pre-reduction pilot plant in Frankfurt, Germany. The investment reflects Metso’s commitment to advancing low-carbon technologies and supporting the global transition to fossil-free steelmaking. The Circored pilot plant, which is based on Metso’s…

BASF, Arkema and AkzoNobel join forces to lower carbon footprint of architectural powder coatings

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) have announced a new partnership designed to drive lower carbon emissions in the paint and coatings industry.  As a result of the ongoing value-chain partnership with…

Accelera delivers its largest electrolyzer system to Linde’s Niagara Falls facility

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business segment of Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) has supplied a 35-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system, its largest to date, to support hydrogen production at Linde’s facility in Niagara Falls, New York. Powered…

USA BioEnergy selects JM and Honeywell technologies for new SAF facility in Texas

USA BioEnergy announced it has selected Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) to provide their process technologies to USA BioEnergy to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at its Bon Wier, Texas biorefinery. JM/bp’s award-winning FT…

Technip Energies to acquire Ecovyst’s Advanced Materials & Catalysts business

Technip Energies (Paris) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Advanced Materials & Catalysts business from Ecovyst Inc. (Malvern, Pa.) for a purchase price of US$556 million, representing an EBITDA multiple of ~9.8.  This strategic transaction strengthens Technip…

Worley awarded FEED verification contract for Preem renewable-fuels project

Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia)  has been awarded a contract by Preem AB (Stockholm, Sweden) for Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) verification for the planned conversion of the ICR plant at the Lysekil refinery in Sweden. The project aims to transform the…

Evonik Oxeno starts up upgraded OMP cloud-based planning platform

OMP N.V. (Antwerp, Belgium) and Evonik Oxeno announced the successful launch of a significant digital transformation milestone: the move of OMP’s Unison Planning to the cloud across Evonik Oxeno’s production sites in Marl and Antwerp. With this project going live,…

IFF inaugurates expansion at natural ingredients site in France

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF; New York City) inaugurated its expanded LMR Naturals site in Grasse following a €10 million investment. The expansion increases the facility’s footprint by 75 percent to 4,687 square meters and includes a state-of-the-art pilot…

Global Impact Coalition launches spinoff Sustainable Olefins project

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC) announced the launch of a dedicated spin-off structure to advance its Sustainable Olefins project. Starting with a feasibility study, this marks the first step toward exploring a new methanol-based route to electro-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) and…

Emvolon and Freepoint Commodities announce collaboration on renewable methanol production and marketing

Emvolon Inc. (Woburn, Mass.) and Freepoint Commodities LLC (Stamford, Conn.), a leading global commodities merchant, announced their intention to enter into a long-term a strategic collaboration to accelerate the production and distribution of renewable methanol. By combining Emvolon’s proprietary technology…