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Jinggong Group and Yokogawa sign strategic partnership for manufacturing optimization, energy management and others

Jinggong Holding Group Co., Ltd. (Shaoxing, China; www.jsjggj.com), a Chinese industrial conglomerate, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan, www.yokogawa.com), a leader in industrial control and automation, announce that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement to explore the possibility of…

Uncertainty emerges as economic headwind for businesses and consumers, ACC mid-year report says

In a mid-year report on economic conditions, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) said that "uncertainty has emerged as an economic headwind to businesses and consumers," and "near-term weakness in manufacturing activity is expected amid supply chain disruptions,…

Syensqo inaugurates its state-of-the-art microbiology laboratory in France

      Syensqo (Brussels, Belgium; www.syensqo.com), a global leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, is proud to announce the inauguration of its world class cutting-edge microbiology, (eco-)toxicology and biotechnology laboratories in Lyon, France. This new facility is the…

Chevron Lummus Global and Neste advance partnership to convert lignocellulosic waste to renewable fuel

  Chevron Lummus Global (CLG; Houston, Tex.; www.chevronlummus.com) and Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com), the world's leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel, announced their progress in developing new technology for converting lignocellulosic biomass into high-quality, lower-emission renewable fuels.…

Linde expanding CO2 capacity in the U.S. Gulf Coast

Linde (Dublin, Ireland; www.linde.com) today announced it is doubling the capacity of its Freeport, Texas, carbon dioxide (CO₂) production facility by adding a second CO₂ liquefaction plant. Starting up in 2027, the new plant will liquefy crude CO₂ captured from MEGlobal America…

Babcock & Wilcox to sell Diamond Power International business Andritz

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (Akron, Ohio; www.babcock.com) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its Diamond Power International business (Lancaster, Ohio) to Austria-based Andritz (Graz, Austria; www.andritz.com) for $177 million, subject to customary fees and adjustments.…

Andritz opens electrolyzer gigafactory in Germany

Andritz (Graz, Austria; www.andritz.com) has today opened a new electroyzer gigafactory in Erfurt, Germany. The gigawatt-scale facility will supply Europe's growing green-hydrogen market.  The new facility has an initial annual production capacity of approximately one gigawatt which corresponds to approximately…

Technology alliance for producing SAF from municipal solid waste

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com), Johnson Matthey (London, U.K.; www.matthey.com), GIDARA Energy (Schiphol, the Netherlands; www.gidara-energy.com) and SAMSUNG E&A (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungena.com) today announced the formation of a strategic technology alliance to bring a groundbreaking end-to-end global solution to market…

Aditya Birla Group acquires Cargill specialty-chemical manufacturing facility in Georgia

Aditya Birla Group (Mumbai, India; www.adityabirla.com), a leading Indian multinational conglomerate, today announced the expansion of its U.S. Advanced Materials business with the acquisition of Cargill Incorporated’s (Wayzata, Minn.; www.cargill.com) 17-acre specialty chemical manufacturing facility in Dalton, Ga. The acquisition…

LyondellBasell enters agreement for the sale of Aequita olefin/polyolefin assets in Europe

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) today announced that it has entered into an agreement and exclusive negotiations with AEQUITA (Munich, Germany; www.aequita.com) for the sale of select olefins and polyolefins assets and the associated business in Europe. The sites to…