Infinium (Sacramento, Calif.) and Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) have entered into an agreement to enable the production of low-carbon-footprint plastics generated from waste carbon dioxide emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. These plastics, known as polyolefins, are…
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (Duisburg, Germany) is scaling up its research activities in the field of low-carbon steel production to include a cooperation with BlueScope Steel. The focus of this cooperation is on the smelting units, which form a core component…
Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. (Mississauga, Ont.) a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers, has been awarded a contract by the University of Minnesota (UMN) for its latest generation electrolysis technology to be installed at the UMN West Central Research and Outreach…
Cespa (Madrid, Spain) has agreed to sell its subsidiaries for butane, propane, and autogas (Gasib) to Abastible S.A., a subsidiary of the Chilean Empresas Copec group and a leader in the Liquefied Gas business in Latin America. Under the agreement,…
INVISTA (Wichita, Kan.) announced that its manufacturing site in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, has received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification of its processes to verify and validate bio, circular and bio-circular adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine (HMD) use.…
Deltech Holdings, LLC (Baton Rouge, La.), a producer of high-performance aromatic monomers, specialized crystal polystyrene, and downstream acrylic resins for the coatings, composites, construction, and other end markets, will be assuming the production of Divinylbenzene (DVB) from DuPont (Wilmington, Del.).…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Carlisle Construction Materials (Carlisle) are collaborating to bring bio-circular products to the construction industry. Covestro will supply Carlisle with methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) that is based on ISCC PLUS certified mass balanced bio-circular raw materials…
Raízen S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) and Vertoro (Geleen, the Netherlands) announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to enhance the value of lignin by transforming it into advanced, sustainable biofuels, chemicals, and materials. As a second-generation feedstock, Lignin…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ovniver Group, a leading privately-owned construction chemicals player in Mexico and Central America, for $815 million (approximately €740 million) in cash. Following the acquisitions of Chryso, GCP and…
On the heels of several technology breakthroughs in 2024, Phil Garcia, vice president of commercialization at synthetic biology specialist Cemvita (Houston), discusses what’s next for the company. Cemvita operates an integrated laboratory and pilot facility in Houston converting carbon waste…