Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has signed an agreement with Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense SA (Riograndense), to provide its HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production…
Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com), Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio; www.alterraenergy.com) and Neste Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) have signed a collaboration agreement to advance the circularity of plastics by providing the industry a standardized technology solution for chemical recycling, also referred…
Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa approximately one and a half years after the start of construction. The company has invested 60 million euros…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering Inc. (Troy, Mich.; www.altair.com), a leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market. Altair shareholders will receive US$113 per share, representing an enterprise value…
INEOS Group Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) today announced its decision to permanently close its ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) production site in Addyston, Ohio. The Company will commence a safe and responsible decommissioning process in the second quarter of 2025. “Over…
The following are recently published books with potential relevance for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI): Ionic Liquid in Process Intensification. By Suojiang Zhang, Elsevier Press, 2024, 400 pages, $153.00. Nanostructured Lithium Ion Battery Materials. Edited by Sabu…
Braven Environmental LLC (Tarrytown, N.Y.; www.bravenenvironmental.com), a market leader in advanced recycling, announced the signing of a long-term offtake agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com), a global player in the chemical industry and leading supplier of…
Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com) announces the acquisition of the businesses of GST srl and Energeco srl, two engineering companies based in Rome, Italy. GST srl and Energeco srl are specialized in process engineering and piping design, with a combined…
Under the presidency of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco and His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, the government of the Kingdom of Morocco and TE H2, along with its partners, signed a Preliminary Contract for…
A major solar energy plant – AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) largest in Europe – has been installed at its Pilawa site in Poland, further powering the company’s efforts to transition all its production locations to renewable electricity. Covering nearly…