TotalEnergies (Paris, France; www.totalenergies.com) and its partners, Equinor (Stavanger, Norway; www.equinor.com) and Shell (London, U.K.; www.shell.com), announce that the first CO2 volumes were successfully transported by vessel from Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik, Norway to Northern Lights’ facilities in Øygarden.…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) recently announced it has been awarded a large ($50-$100 million) contract by Lithium Nevada LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corp. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.lithiumamericas.com), to execute the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction (EPFC)…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) the world leader in serving science, recently announced the grand opening of its innovative manufacturing center of excellence facility in Mebane, N.C. The new 375,000-square-foot carbon-neutral site will be capable of producing at…
Wevo Chemie GmbH (Ostfildern-Kemnat, Germany; www.wevo-chemie.com) has founded Wevo Chemical India Private Limited, headquartered in Gurugram, south-west of New Delhi. With the new company, Wevo is strenghtening its presence in India’s high-growth market for polyurethane solutions. A local sales team…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.; www.entegris.com), a global leader in advanced materials science, in collaboration with the Trump Administration, today announced $700 million in domestic R&D spending over the next several years to accelerate semiconductor innovation. This investment in R&D…
Diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.com) will increase PIMEL™ photosensitive polyimide (PSPI) production capacity at its Fuji City facility in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. PSPI is a key material for the global electronics industry, mainly used for buffer coatings…
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Osaka City, Japan; www.sekisuichemical.com) and Velocys Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.velocys.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic partnership to advance production technology for electro-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF), a CO2-derived synthetic fuel. This partnership…
A recent Wall Street Journal article [1] described numerous job postings in which employers bluntly describe that they expect employees to hustle and work long hours. The article quotes, for example, a listing that says “If you’re looking for work-life…
Plant Watch Wacker commissions new ultra-pure polysilicon plant in Burghausen, Germany July 17, 2025 — Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) commissioned its new production line for the manufacture of ultra-pure semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its Burghausen production site in Germany.…
In this exclusive interview, Stephen Reynolds, industry principal for Chemicals at AVEVA, offers his perspective on the goals, challenges and accomplishments of the company A chemical engineer by training, Reynolds worked in chemical operations throughout his career, focusing on continuous…