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Tessenderlo Group to build new fertilizer production line in France

Tessenderlo Group (Brussels, Belgium) announced that it plans to construct a new production line for organic fertilizers in Vénérolles (Aisne, France). The new line will focus on the production of organic pellets for its Violleau business unit, responding to the…

BASF to raise polyamide production capacity in India

BASF India Ltd. will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide grades to meet increasing market demand. The increased capacity at BASF’s production site in Panoli, Gujarat, will be available in Q4 2022. “The additional capacity reaffirms our dedication…

Cummins starts up H2 fuel-cell manufacturing site in Germany

Cummins Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced that its new Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems Production Center in Herten, Germany, is in operation, further driving its alternative power scale-up and enabling accelerated adoption of hydrogen technologies across Europe. The facility has an initial…

Técnicas Reunidas and Axens sign an agreement to develop CCS projects

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France)have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects and provide integrated solutions from the concept to the handover of the project, based on Axens technologies.…

Johnson Matthey and 8 Rivers join forces to commercialize integrated clean-hydrogen technology

Johnson Matthey plc (London) and 8 Rivers Capital (Durham, N.C.) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate towards the commercialization of 8 Rivers’ clean hydrogen process (8RH2). This collaboration will combine 8 Rivers’ carbon capture technology with…

Evonik expands supply of plant-derived cholesterol

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has boosted its supply of plant-derived cholesterol, one of the most critical components for the manufacture of mRNA vaccines and gene therapies. The large-scale production of PhytoChol in Hanau, Germany, will meet an increased market…

Sulzer’s bioplastics technology selected for new PLA plant in China

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has been awarded by Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material to supply technology and key equipment for its polylactic acid (PLA) production facility in Jiangsu Province, China, which will have a capacity of 30’000 tons per…

BASF acquires site for battery materials and recycling expansion in Canada

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) signed an agreement to secure land for its future cathode active materials and recycling site in Bécancour, Quebec, Canada, as part of its commitment to support North American producers in their transition to e-mobility. A regional…

Plastic Energy and Axens partner with Qenos to develop Australia’s largest circular-plastics project

Plastic Energy (London, U.K.) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) are partnering with Qenos Pty Ltd. (Victoria, Austrlia) in the planning of a major circular plastics manufacturing capability in Australia. Plastic Energy and Axens announced last year their intent to jointly license…

Adnoc and Proman to develop world-scale methanol production plant

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement with Proman AG (Wollerau, Switzerland), one of the world’s leading producers of methanol, to develop the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first world-scale methanol production facility at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone…