Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced the opening of its Renewable Innovation Center located in Lexington, Mass. Braskem's…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has inaugurated a new world-scale production plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. This new investment will increase the company’s global annual production capacity for alkyl ethanolamines, including dimethyl ethanolamine…
Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada; www.methanex.com) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OCI Global’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.oci-global.com) international methanol business for $2.05 billion. The transaction includes OCI’s interest in two world-scale methanol facilities in…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has officially inaugurated its new production plant for cosmetic emollients at its site in Steinau, Germany. These esters are manufactured using an enzymatic process. The double-digit million-euro plant will significantly increase Evonik’s production capacity…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) and Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.snam.it), within the framework of the equal Joint Venture set up for the purpose, announced the commencement of CO2 injection activities in the reservoir for Phase 1 of Ravenna CCS.…
LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, has signed a Master License Agreement with Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sekisuichemical.com) to deploy, at commercial scale, a jointly…
Specialty chemical maker Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has upgraded the production of the high-performance foam ROHACELL® at its main site in Darmstadt, Germany, to use only electricity from renewable energy sources. As a result, Evonik’s High Performance Polymers…
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) today announced $125 million in funding for two Energy Innovation Hub teams to provide the scientific foundation needed to seed and accelerate next generation technologies beyond today’s generation of lithium…
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT; Espoo, Finland; www.vttresearch.com) announces a new initiative to address the challenges of energy and resource consumption in the forestry and textile industry. The goal of the Energy First initiative is to…
The industrial valves industry can look back on a successful first half of 2024, exceeding expectations. Despite a decline in domestic [German] sales, overall growth of 5% in nominal terms was achieved as a result of a strong expansion of…