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Evonik opens new plant for sustainable emollients at its Steinau, Germany site

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 and Snam launch Italy’s first carbon-capture and storage project

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 signs master license agreement with Sekisui for waste-to-EtOH platform in Japan

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…

Evonik upgrades to renewable energy for production of high-performance foam

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…

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Business News: September 2024

Plant Watch Sika more than doubles capacity at its largest manufacturing plant in Indonesia August 13, 2024 — Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland; www.sika.com) has more than doubled the production capacity at the Bekasi plant, its largest manufacturing facility in Indonesia.…

Executive Interview: Covestro LLC

In this exclusive interview, Samir Hifri, Covestro's chairman and president, offers his perspective on the goals, challenges and accomplishments of the company, as well as the challenges faced by the chemical process industries Samir Hifri joined Bayer, the predecessor to…

Asian and North American industrial valve markets increase, German industry group says

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…

LanzaTech announces a new project for SAF technology platform

LanzaTech Global Inc. (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, and LanzaJet, Inc., a leading sustainable fuels technology company and fuels producer, recently announced a new project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable…

Neste expands chemical recycling logistics infrastructure at its Porvoo refinery

Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, including materials such as liquefied waste plastic and liquefied rubber tires. This lays the foundation to handling larger amounts of…

Panasonic Energy licenses GEMX platform for cathode active material in Li-ion batteries

  CAMX Power LLC (Lexington, Mass.; www.camxpower.com) and Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. (www.panosonic.com/global/energy), a Panasonic Group Company, announced today that Panasonic Energy has taken a license from CAMX to the latest GEMX® platform of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.…