Amogy Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KBR, Inc. (Houston). The collaboration will focus on expanding pathways for global decarbonization through ammonia cracking and involve evaluating and advancing ammonia cracking catalyst applications…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced that its Intermediates division's standard grade amine portfolio will soon be produced by 100% renewable electricity credited to the Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site. The transition is set to begin in Q4 2025 and continue…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Anellotech are set to commercialize Plas-TCat, an innovative catalytic cracking technology that transforms plastic waste into high-value chemicals. The two companies recently completed a multi-year development program for Plas-TCat, which converts mixed plastic waste directly into…
Elcogen AS (Talinn, Estonia) officially opened ELCO I, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia. The launch marks a pivotal step in scaling up the company’s role in the global energy transition. The 14,000 m² facility…
Coolbrook Oy (Helsinki, Finalnd) has achieved a major breakthrough in circular plastics and materials by successfully cracking 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil (py-oil) at its large-scale pilot facility using the RotoDynamic Reactor (RDR) technology. As the first company globally, Coolbrook has…
Outokumpu (Helsinki, Finland) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Boston Metal (Woburn, Mass.) to enhance the production of critical carbon-free metals vital for industries such as defense and aerospace. Under the MoU, the companies intend…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5vol% ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems (MMDS®: Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System) installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the…
Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.elkem.com), a world-leading provider of advanced silicon-based materials, announced the successful validation of a proof of concept for an innovative mechanical recycling process for high consistency rubbers (HCR). The innovation enables the recycling of crosslinked HCR…
Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is accelerating its global circularity efforts by converting its highly dispersible silica (HDS) production in Asia to circular raw materials. As of 2026, Solvay plants in Qingdao (China) and Gunsan (South Korea) will adopt ISCC+ (International…
In the first week of September, Petrobras' (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.petrobras.com.br) Henrique Lage Refinery (Revap), in São José dos Campos (SP), conducted tests for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from the co-processing of vegetable oil mixed with…