The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for January 2026 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The first data from 2026 seem to indicate that inflationary pressures are still being felt. The…
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Nikkiso CE&IG; Temecula, Calif.; www.nikkisoceig.com), a subsidiary of Nikkiso Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.nikkiso.com), announced yesterday it has completed the commissioning of an air-separation unit for Coregas (Yennora, NSW, Australia; www.coregas.com.au), a Nippon Sanso…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening its first base plant in the Philippines, expanding its portfolio in the growth region of Asia-Pacific (APAC). Since summer 2025, the global packaging specialist has been manufacturing high-quality plastic bottles and closures in…
Clariant Corp., a subsidiary of Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com)is expanding its Clear Lake, Texas site to include excipient GMP-compliant manufacturing of pharmaceutical-grade polyethylene glycol (PEG) excipients, significantly improving their availability and reliability for North American customers, with extended reach…
Plastic Energy (London, U.K.; www.plasticenergy.com) and TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France; www.totalenergies.com) announce the start-up of their joint advanced plastics recycling plant, TotalEnergies Plastic Energy Advanced Recycling (TEPEAR), at TotalEnergies’ zero-crude Grandpuits complex outside Paris. The facility, which has an annual processing…
As a leading manufacturer of potting compounds, adhesives and sealants primarily used to protect sensitive electronics, Wevo Chemie GmbH (Ostfildern-Kemnat, Germany; www.wevo-chemie.de) is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with a new production site in Singapore. Located in the…
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) announced today it has been awarded a contract by Zallaf Exploration, Production and Refining of Oil and Gas Company to provide project management and technical services for the South Refinery Project in Ubari, Southwest Libya. Under…
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.com) a diversified global company, Nippon Steel (Tokyo, Japan; www.nipponsteel.com), and Nippon Steel Trading have launched a recycling initiative to convert pure titanium scrap generated during the manufacturing of electrolysis cells into a raw material for…
Fluorinated organic chemicals have become a flashpoint in environmental health. Treatment methods exist to remove them from water supplies, but there remain a host of technical, scaling and regulatory questions associated with them. This article offers practical insight on technology…
An Italian subsidiary of Anaergia Inc. (Burlington, Ont., Canada; www.anergia.com), Anaergia S.r.l., signed amendments to three previously announced contracts with an entity owned by QGM S.à.r.l., relating to the development of three state-of-the-art biomethane production facilities in Ostellato, Copparo…