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Equinor to build world-scale clean hydrogen plant in the U.K.

Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway) is leading a project to develop one of the U.K.’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen…

Air Products starts up Geismar steam methane reformer to supply Huntsman

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that its new steam methane reformer (SMR) and cold box in Geismar, Louisiana are onstream and supplying Huntsman’s neighboring industrial operations. Air Products built, owns and operates the facility under a long-term agreement, supplying…

Enzymatic PET-recycling demonstration plant launches in France

Carbios (Saint-Beauzire, France) announced the launch of the construction of its industrial demonstration plant for the enzymatic recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. The demonstration plant is located near Lyon, in France’s Chemistry Valley, the French hub of innovation and…

Henkel expands additive manufacturing capabilities

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany;) announced the expansion of its Additive Manufacturing Services, designed primarily for automotive and industrial customers to provide support with 3D printable materials, from design through to final part manufacturing. Henkel Additive Manufacturing Services…

Eni, Versalis and Corepla to collaborate on plastics recycling projects

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milaese, Italy) and COREPLA (the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging) have signed an agreement that will see them pool their expertise to collect and recycle plastic…

Following Clariant Masterbatches acquisition, PolyOne changes name to Avient

PolyOne Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) has completed its purchase of the color masterbatch businesses of Clariant and Clariant Chemicals India Ltd.  PolyOne also announced that it has changed its name and will now be called Avient Corp.  "We proudly welcome our…

Siemens and Polenergia to collaborate on hydrogen-energy projects in Poland

Polish energy company Polenergia and Siemens Energy signed a letter of intent pertaining to cooperation related to industrial application of high-efficiency co-generation, as well as introduction of solutions that enable sustainable production and use of hydrogen. Both parties declare cooperation…

Fluor to divest EQIN equipment rental business

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, has come to an agreement with VE Partners to sell EQIN, Stork’s professional equipment rental business in Europe. This intended divesture is pending final approval by the…

BASF begins piloting new chemical-recycling process for mattress materials

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has developed a chemical recycling process for used mattresses and is starting pilot tests at the Schwarzheide site in Brandenburg, Germany. The materials from old mattresses are to be recycled in such a way that they…

Green-hydrogen production plant inaugurated in Germany

Hydrogen production specialist McPhy Energy S.A. (La Motte Fanjas, France) announced the inauguration of Apex Energy’s zero-carbon hydrogen production plant located in Laage, Germany. The plant, which represents a major milestone in the industrialization of the hydrogen sector, is equipped…