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Dow and RDM Group collaborate on food packaging made with recycled fiber and plastic

Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com), a global materials science company, and RDM Group (Milan, Italy; www.rdmgroup.com), a leading producer of recycled cartonboard, today announced the launch of Multiboard CirculaRR, a breakthrough solution that advances circularity in food barrier packaging.…

First-of-a-kind project will integrate H2SITE membrane separation technology at Petronor refinery

H2SITE, a technology company specialized in advanced hydrogen production and separation solutions, has signed a strategic agreement with Petronor S.A., a leading refinery and key industrial player in the energy sector, to deploy its high-efficiency hydrogen separation technology at Petronor’s…

Corbion announces new patent for liquid suspension of high-omega-3 algal biomass

Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.corbion.com), a global leader in sustainable specialty food ingredients, announces its latest awarded patent relating to the liquid suspension of algal biomass with a distinct DHA-rich omega-3 profile. This innovation builds on a unique suspension design…

BlueAlp technology selected for BioBTX circular economy project in the Netherlands

Dutch technology companies BlueAlp (Eindhoven, the Netherlands; www.bluealp.nl) and BioBTX (Gronigen, the Netherlands; www.biobtx.com) announce that BlueAlp has been selected as technology partner for the BioBTX project in Delfzijl. The goal is to combine the technologies in the BioBTX plant…

Air Liquide enters agreement to supply gases for low-carbon-emissions steel facility

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has entered into a long-term agreement to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana LLC (HPLS; www.hyundai-steel.com) for its landmark new low-carbon emissions steel facility in Louisiana. Thanks to this new infrastructure, the Group…

Polyester-rich textile wastes are recycled to monomer at demonstration plant

AXENS (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and JEPLAN Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jeplan.co.jp) announced today the success of a major industrial test for recycling post-consumer textile waste rich in polyester (polyethylene terephthalate; PET) using their Rewind® PET…

Hazer and KBR move forward on commercialization of methane-pyrolysis hydrogen technology

Hazer Group Ltd. (Perth, Australia) announced the completion of a comprehensive Process Design Package (PDP) for the Hazer® Process, developed in close collaboration with KBR, Inc, (Houston). Hazer CEO Glenn Corrie said: “Completing the PDP marks a major milestone for…

Aduro awards permitting contract to Ebert HERA for first-of-a-kind plastics recycling facility

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ont., Canada; www.adurocleantech.com), a technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, today announced the award of a…

Global Impact Coalition releases report on automotive plastics recycling pilot project

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC; Geneva, Switzerland; www.globalimpactcoalition.com) today released a report on a pilot project that involves recycling plastics from end-of-life vehicles. The report (Closing the Loop on Automotive Plastics: From End-of-Life Vehicles to Circular Material Streams), outlines the…

Gevo licenses two ORNL catalyst technologies for SAF production

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) has licensed two patented catalyst technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, Tenn.)  for use in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). “This partnership will streamline the…