DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it has expanded its sterile operations via an addition to its healthcare manufacturing facility in Heredia, Costa Rica, enabling the site to produce sterile packaging for the global medical device industry while also increasing the capacity…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) intend to jointly focus on a meaningful reduction in scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions within the hydrogen peroxide supply chain. Solvay has selected BASF as the primary supplier of aluminum chloride…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced plans to launch pilot and demonstration plants for the development and production of pCAM (precursor cathode-active material), supporting customers in their pCAM-related R&D and process development. These pilot and demo plants are based on advanced…
Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) has been commissioned to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a large-scale hydrogen project in Europe. The planned water electrolysis plant will have a capacity of approximately 600 megawatts.…
Stepan Co. (Northbrook, Ill.) announced a significant increase in its production capacity for Alpha Olefin Sulfonates (AOS). Through strategic capital investments and process improvements, Stepan has expanded its AOS capacity by 25%. With the broadest network of sites and plants…
Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) and Ardent Process Technologies (New Castle, Del.) announced the successful completion of their joint development program for an innovative olefin-paraffin separation technology , marking a significant advancement in polyolefin production efficiency. Earlier this year, Ardent…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and InnoVent Renewables announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work toward licensing and deploying InnoVent's continuous tire pyrolysis technology globally. "This is another significant step in expanding and strengthening our portfolio for the…
Ineratec GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany) inaugurated ERA ONE, a Power-to-Liquid plant for the production of e-Fuels and e-Chemicals that will usher in a new era of sustainable mobility. The plant in Frankfurt-Höchst is the largest of its kind in Europe and…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will build, own and operate, through a significant investment of around €70 million, a new industrial gas production facility in Singapore. In the framework of the long-term agreement, large volumes of ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, argon and…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has successfully started the commercial operation of its Black Mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. This state-of-the-art facility represents a significant milestone for BASF’s battery recycling business. It is one of the biggest commercial Black Mass plants…