Editor’s note: The following is a question-and-answer conversation between Chemical Engineering magazine senior editor Scott Jenkins and Sean Carpenter, solutions analyst at Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. (LEC), a leading provider of lightning protection solutions. Chemical Engineering’s questions appear below…
UPM (Helsinki, Finland; www.upm.com), a global leader in sustainable material solutions, has achieved an important milestone in the startup of production of commercial, wood-based chemicals in its Leuna biorefinery in Germany. The refinery, which is the largest industrial-scale investment in…
A federal government shutdown in the U.S. from October 1 to November 12, 2025 disrupted the release of producer price index (PPI) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), so the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) is behind schedule.…
Editor's Note: Because no new producer price index (PPI) data were published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) during the government shutdown that was in effect from October 1, 2025 until Nov. 12, 2025, it was not possible to…
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.com) a diversified global manufacturer in the Healthcare, Homes, and Material sectors, announces its strategic divestiture of Daramic, a lead battery separator business, to Kingswood Capital Management, LP. The Daramic business transfer closed on December 1,…
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Temecula, Calif.; www.nikkisoceig.com) announced today that it has been awarded a significant contract by Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (Irving, Tex.; www.mathesongas.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation) to build an air…
A Texas-based private company, PDS Energy Information (PDS; Austin, Tex.; www.pdsenergy.com), recently announced that it is commercially operating AquaTrade — a tool developed by a National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL; Morgantown, W.Va.; www.netl.doe.gov)-led team that helps oil-and-gas operators find and…
The following are recently published, first-edition books with possible relevance to various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI): Gas-Solid Adsorption Thermodynamics. Edited by Bidyut B. Raha, Tahmid H. Rupam and Hongbin Ma, Elsevier Science, 2025, 352 pages, $188.00. High-Entropy…
Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ont.; www.adurocleantech.com), a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, announces the successful completion of…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that it received two awards at the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards. The company won “Best Catalyst Technology” for its chromium-free HySat catalyst platform for hydrogenation processes and…