Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has announced the creation of a new global Bio-based and Renewables application development team, which will lead innovation for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into oleo-chemicals, biofuels, bio-chemicals and bio-polymers. It will also support the…
Lucite International (LI), A group company of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo), together with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), is working to progress circular solutions in Europe for Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). PMMA is one of the very few plastics that can…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) and Ozinga Energy have announced a partnership to begin a field demonstration of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) bi-fuel pickup trucks. Developed by Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. and Ingevity, the ANG system is made possible…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., as majority leader of the consortium including MT Russia LLC, Sinopec Engineering Inc. and Sinopec Engineering Group Co., Ltd Russian Branch, has signed an EPSS contract (Engineering, Procurement and…
Linde (Guildford, U.K.) has started up a syngas processing plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The new plant will supply carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a top global chemical company, as well as other refining and chemical customers along Linde's hydrogen pipeline…
Hermetic Pumps, Inc. (Houston, Texas) has announced the appointment of Andreas Schmidt as their new Sales Manager for North America. Hermetic Pumps VP Peter Koegl stated, “Andreas comes to us with a wealth of experience in the pump industry, as…
INEOS (London, U.K.) has built two new hand sanitizer plants in the U.S. to provide hand sanitizer to hospitals for free. The facilities will be located in Jacksonville, near Little Rock Arkansas and Neville Island in Pennsylvania. Each site will…
Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) announced that it has commenced deliveries under a long-term agreement with Messer Group to supply carbon dioxide (CO2) to a newly-constructed, state-of-the-art CO2 plant located adjacent to the Aemetis ethanol plant. This week, the Aemetis 65…
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (Philadelphia, Pa.) broke ground on the newest phase of its Jiading plant in Shanghai, which represents an important new investment in environmentally responsible waterborne coatings by the company in China. Expected to be operational by early…
3M (St. Paul,. Minn.) announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all of its drug delivery business to an affiliate of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC., for approximately $650 million in total consideration, including cash, an interest-bearing security, and…