Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) and Lygos, Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-develop Lygos’s proprietary yeast for the production of lactic acid. As part of this MOU, Lygos will provide its proprietary yeast platform…
Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo) has invested a total of $25 million in FirstElement Fuel, Inc. (FEF.), the biggest developer and operator of hydrogen stations in California. FEF is a start-up established in 2013. Mitsui first began to collaborate with FEF…
Preparations and construction of BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany) battery materials plants in Europe are advancing as planned. After the casting of the foundation for its precursor cathode active material (PCAM) plant in Harjavalta, Finland, BASF has officially started construction. In…
Strata Manufacturing (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E) and Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium) have completed works on the Strata Solvay Advanced Materials (SSAM) high-tech facility in Al Ain, U.A.E.. SSAM is a joint venture between Strata and Solvay. The completion of the SSAM…
Invista Nylon Chemicals (China) Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai to officially mark the start of construction on its 400,000-ton/year adiponitrile (ADN) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). This more than 7 billion RMB (more than $1…
Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) and Norcem, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, have signed an agreement as a firm step towards the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) delivery of a CO2 capture, liquification and intermediate storage plant at Norcem’s cement factory…
Hydrogen technology developer HyperSolar, Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) announced it is has changed the name of the Company to SunHydrogen, Inc. “For some time now, we considered adopting the SunHydrogen name,” said Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. “Now, as we enter…
The CEO of Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain), Josu Jon Imaz, announced two pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake with the participation of prominent Spanish and international partners. The facilities, to be located in the port of Bilbao…
Tosoh Silica Corp. (Tokyo), a member of the Tosoh Group, recently established a joint venture (JV) with Namhae Chemical Corp. of South Korea. The JV plans to construct a facility to produce silica for use in fuel-efficient tires. Demand for…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) expanded production lines to produce vinyl ester resin (VE) and synthetic resin emulsion (EM) in the premises of Shanghai Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd. (SSHP), a Chinese subsidiary of SDK, and has increased production of VE…