Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced an investment in Suanfarma’s Cipan manufacturing site located in Lisbon, Portugal to develop its biotechnological capabilities and support the development of natural ingredients. This transaction, to be completed by mid-2023, is the first step of…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Toray Films Europe announced their collaboration to study a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) chemical recycling facility at Toray Films Europe production site in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (Ain, France). New units based on Axens’ Rewind PET technology will be coupled…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) and the Reclay Group, international experts in environmental and material recovery management, announce the beginning of a new, jointly-founded entity, Recelerate GmbH. The new organization’s mission is to redesign the critical steps of the plastics sorting…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has received a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane order for the Taweelah desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates. Once the operation commissions in the second half of 2022, this will be the world’s…
ADM (Chicago) announced it will invest to significantly expand starch production at its Marshall, Minnesota, facility in order to meet fast-growing demand from the food and beverage sectors, and to support the continued expansion of the company’s BioSolutions platform. “We’re…
Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; petrobras.com.br) announced that it signed a contract with the Toyo Setal HDT Paulínia Consortium, formed by the companies TSE and TOYO, for the construction of a new diesel hydrotreatment unit (HDT) at the Paulínia Refinery…
Technip Energies (Paris), in consortium with Saulsbury Industries, has been awarded a contract for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) to expand the carbon capture and storage (CCS) at ExxonMobil’s LaBarge, Wyoming facility. The LaBarge plant has already captured more…
Phillips 66 (Houston) made a final investment decision to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable-fuels facilities. The project, which recently received approval from…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its Indian subsidiary Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), in collaboration with NextChem, has been awarded an EPC contract by Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to implement a 4.3-ton/day green-hydrogen production plant via a 10-megawatt PEM electrolysis unit to be located…
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced its participation in a fundraising for Wilmington, Delaware-based Versogen Inc., a leader in developing anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology for use in hydrogen production. Founded by University of Delaware professor Yushan Yan, Versogen’s AEM…