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GE, Long Ridge Energy to collaborate on first-of-its-kind green-hydrogen project in the U.S.

Long Ridge Energy Terminal, (Hannibal, Ohio) announced plans to transition its 485 MW combined-cycle power plant to run on carbon-free hydrogen. In collaboration with New Fortress Energy (NFE) and GE Power, Long Ridge intends to begin providing carbon-free power to…

Orion Engineered Carbons completes upgrade to Borger, Texas facility

Orion Engineered Carbons LLC (Houston) announced that it has completed an upgrade to its Borger, Texas facility, enabling the plant to run without drawing power from the electrical grid and provide energy back to the regional grid for use in…

Sulzer provides mass-transfer technology for sustainable rubber production

Sulzer Ltd. (Wintherthur, Switzerland) has delivered a customized mass transfer solution to PT Enerco RPO Internasional’s grassroots plant for the production of treated distillate aromatic extract (TDAE) in Batam, Indonesia. The facility features the world’s largest agitated extraction column type…

Evonik to consolidate global methionine production

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is to cluster its MetAMINO (DL-methionine) production at three international hubs (Americas, Europe, and Asia) to maximize economies of scale and utilize robust processes. Evonik is a leading global manufacturer of DL-methionine, an essential amino…

Henkel invests in coatings startup actnano

Henkel Adhesive Technologies further enhances its market offerings for functional coatings by investing in actnano (Boston, Ma.). The advanced materials start-up provides a unique tailored conformal coatings technology for the protection of printed circuit boards in a variety of applications…

Lummus announces agreement with New Hope Technologies to license waste-plastics conversion technology

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) and New Hope Technologies announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development of a leading plastic-waste conversion technology based on thermal pyrolysis. The agreement is part of Green…

Air Liquide to invest €40 million to build ASU in Poland

Air Liquide (Paris) and KGHM Polska Miedź, one of the largest producers of copper and silver in the world, have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen at the Głogów site in Poland. Air Liquide…

Wacker to expand VAE production in Nanjing

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around $100 million in building two new production plants at its Nanjing site. The Nanjing site is expanding by adding a reactor for vinyl-acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions…

Mitsubishi Chemical to sell its polymer-flocculant sales business

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has concluded agreements to transfer its polymer flocculant sales business to MT AquaPolymer, Inc. (MTAP; Tokyo) and Hymo Corp. (Tokyo.). Once the transfer is complete, the two companies will outsource the manufacture of polymer flocculants…

Novozymes and WWF to collaborate on water sustainability goals

Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark;) has announced that the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) will help the company to reach its sustainability goals on water. Novozymes has a global presence with factories in Denmark, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina, India…