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Teijin Aramid demonstrates fiber-recycling breakthrough

Teijin Aramid has achieved yarn-to-yarn recycling for its flagship product, Twaron fiber. This development is a key step toward Teijin Aramid’s goal of supplying fully circular high-performance fiber. For more than 20 years, Teijin Aramid has been recycling aramids such…

ADM and Gevo join forces to produce sustainable aviation fuel in the U.S.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) and Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.)announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other low carbon-footprint hydrocarbon fuels. The MoU contemplates the production of both…

Remondis acquires Veolia Recycling assets in Sweden

Recycling, water and services specialist Remondis International GmbH is acquiring Veolia Recycling Solutions Nordic AB (Veolia). With this acquisition, Remondis has strengthened its market position in Northern Europe and has significantly expanded its business activities on the Swedish market. The…

LyondellBasell and Covestro project converts water-based waste to energy

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and its joint venture partner, polymer manufacturer Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) today announced the completion of its Circular Steam Project at their site in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands. With the Circular Steam Project, the site incorporated an…

LanzaTech and SED collaborating on bagasse-to-ethanol project in India

Spray Engineering Devices Ltd. (SED), a multidisciplinary engineering company dedicated to sustainable development, is partnering with LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) in a first-of-its-kind bagasse to ethanol project in India. The project will be able to use other feedstocks and will be…

Wood awarded FEED contract for integrated H2-distribution and CO2-capture project

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been awarded the consenting and environmental assessment and front-end engineering design (FEED) contracts for Cadent’s HyNet North West, an innovative project that aims to unlock a lower carbon economy for the North West of England…

TotalEnergies, partners to build advanced recycling plant in Texas

Plastic Energy Ltd., Freepoint Eco-Systems LLC and TotalEnergies have announced a strategic partnership in the U.S. Under this agreement, Plastic Energy and Freepoint Eco-Systems plan to build an advanced recycling plant in Texas, which will transform end-of-life plastic waste into…

Axens and Sumitomo Chemical announce milestone in waste-based polyolefin production

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has successfully conducted the first waste-based polyolefin production at its laboratory in Japan earlier this year, by use of the ethylene produced by Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) ethanol-to-ethylene technology Atol. This process value chain is complemented…

Axens and Sumitomo Chemical announce milestone in waste-based polyolefin production

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has successfully conducted the first waste-based polyolefin production at its laboratory in Japan earlier this year, by use of the ethylene produced by Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) ethanol-to-ethylene technology Atol. This process value chain is complemented…

Chevron Lummus Global launches new renewable diesel and SAF production technology

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a joint venture (JV) between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Lummus Technology, announced the expansion of its technology portfolio with the addition of its new ISOTERRA process for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass…