Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and Matrìca, a joint venture between Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese) and Novamont, have partnered to produce sustainable biocide preservatives from renewable raw materials. Starting in January 2022, the Matrìca plant at Porto Torres (Sardinia, Italy)…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced that two of its European production sites, namely Antwerp, Belgium and Ludwigshafen, Germany received the ISCC PLUS certification from ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). The certification announced paves the way for the audited production…
Shell plc has started operations at the power-to-hydrogen electrolyzer in Zhangjiakou, a joint venture between Shell (China) Limited and Zhangjiakou City Transport Construction Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd. With this startup, one of the world’s largest hydrogen electrolyzers began production…
Pensana plc (London) and Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) have signed a cooperation agreement to form a working group to share technical and commercial information to develop a low energy method for recycling of end-of-life magnets at Pensana’s rare earth…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A and MT Russia LLC have signed an EPC contract with Rosneft for the implementation of the VGO Hydrocracking Complex at the Ryazan Refining Company’s (RORC) production site, 200 km…
Sulzer Chemtech (Winterthur, Switzerland) has finalized an agreement with Encina Development Group, LLC. Sulzer Chemtech will provide technology to recover high purity circular aromatics from cracked oil products derived from Encina’s mixed-plastics-to-aromatics catalytic conversion platform. Encina’s 1000 ton/d waste plastics…
Larsen & Toubro (L&T), an Indian multinational engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing and Services announced it has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HydrogenPro AS, a Norway-based leading Electrolyzer technology and manufacturing company for partnership to tap the…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced its intent to form a joint venture (JV) with Avangard Innovative to build an advanced recycling plant in Texas. The facility will use Honeywell's recently announced UpCycle Process Technology to transform end-of-life plastic waste into recycled…
Air Liquide announced a longterm agreement to supply ultra-high-purity hydrogen, helium, and carbon dioxide to one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. Air Liquide plans to invest nearly $60 million (approximately 50 million euros) to build, own and operate onsite plants…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafe, Germany) has expanded the production capacity of its enzymes plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Through the expansion of the existing plant, BASF has significantly increased the annual number of feasible fermentation runs. The larger production capacity enables BASF…