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MilliporeSigma announces $65-million manufacturing expansion in Wisconsin

MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) announced a $65 million expansion of its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient (HPAPI) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) manufacturing capabilities and capacity at its facility near Madison, Wisconsin. This investment will allow large-scale manufacturing of increasingly potent compounds that…

Chemetry collaborates with Zeton to build EDC demonstration plant

Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ont., Canada) has been selected by Chemetry Corp. (Moss Landing, Calif.) to provide detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and factory testing of a modular demonstration plant based on Chemetry's technology to produce Ethylene Dichloride (EDC).  Zeton and Chemetry…

Momentive to expand silicone production capacity for electronics applications

Momentive Performance Materials (Waterford, N.Y.) is investing $15 million in expanded electronic materials production in its Waterford, New York, facility. There is growing demand across aerospace, 5G telecom, automotive electronics, and other markets for the company’s silicone products. This immediate…

Milliken joins Polypropylene Recycling Coalition

Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has joined the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration established by The Recycling Partnership to improve polypropylene (PP) recovery and recycling in the United States. Milliken will help fund the coalition’s efforts to enhance the…

Solvay and Veolia to collaborate on circularity of battery materials

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Veolia (Paris, France) announced a new circular economy consortium to offer new solutions that promise better resource efficiency for critical metals used in lithium ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. With the number of electric vehicles…

Elkem to construct biocarbon pilot plant in Canada

Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has decided to invest in a new biocarbon pilot plant in Canada. The project aims to secure industrial verification of Elkem’s technology for renewable biocarbon, with a long-term goal of contributing to climate-neutral metal production. The technology…

Air Products to install N2 generator for Malaysian electronics manufacturer

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that it has been awarded a long-term onsite contract from a global leader in memory and storage solutions to supply its state-of-the-art new facility in Penang, North Malaysia. The latest win will further strengthen…

LyondellBasell starts up molecular-recycling plant in Italy

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the successful startup of its MoReTec molecular recycling facility at its Ferrara, Italy, site. LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec advanced recycling technology aims to return post-consumer plastic waste to its molecular form for use as a feedstock…

Siemens Gamesa and GHS embarking on wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark

Wind energy provider Siemens Gamesa (Zamudio, Spain) is establishing a pioneering wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark and has chosen Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS; Kolding, Denmark) as its electrolysis partner.  The project will involve a 3 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine that…

KBR and Johnson Matthey join forces to license ammonia-methanol co-production technology

KBR (Houston) and Johnson Matthey (JM; London) announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to license a groundbreaking ammonia-methanol co-production process that combines their market-leading ammonia and methanol technologies. The co-production process is based on well-proven technologies utilizing KBR's…