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Ineos makes investment in new film-recycling technology

INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has announced a multi-million Euro investment in state-of-the-art technology that will enable it to work with converters, brands and retailers to develop simpler, more recyclable flexible packaging film. The investment could help to prevent around…

KBR awarded FEED contract for Cemex carbon-capture project

Carbon Clean (London) has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to global engineering experts, KBR, Inc. (Houston), for a groundbreaking carbon capture project at CEMEX’s Rüdersdorf plant in Germany. KBR will provide FEED services for the initial stage…

New blockchain pilots launched by Sabic, Teijin and more

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has launched a pilot project with technology company Finboot, advanced recycling pioneer Plastic Energy, and packaging specialist Intraplás to investigate the possibilities of blockchain technology in supporting end-to-end digital traceability of circular feedstock in customer products.…

Air Liquide to build two hydrogen production units in Shanghai

Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Co., Ltd (SCIPIG), a subsidiary of Air Liquide S.A. (Paris), will invest more than 200 million euros to build two hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). These units…

Wood appointed as technical advisor for New Zealand green-hydrogen project

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been appointed as one of the Technical Advisors to Southern Green Hydrogen project in New Zealand. Producing green hydrogen at scale in New Zealand is a critical step to reducing the country’s reliance on imported…

Johnson Matthey to build U.K. gigafactory for H2 fuel-cell components

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) is building a £80 million gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, U.K., to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to…

Air Liquide invests in biomethane production in China

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has invested in first biomethane production unit in China, wihic is expected to begin operation by the end of 2022. Located in Huai’an City, in the Jiangsu Province, the unit will have a production capacity of…

SÜDPACK joins Science-Based-Targets Initiative (STBi) for reducing carbon footprint

Within the framework of its net-zero activities, SÜDPACK (Ochenhausen, Germany; www.suedpack.com) has joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) – and signed the commitment letter. The joint initiative of the U.N. Global Compact, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), World Resources Institute…

Axens to begin licensing Plastic Energy’s TAC process for advanced plastic recycling

Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Plastic Energy’s  (London, U.K.) thermal anaerobic conversion (TAC) process has now been fully integrated into Axens’ technology portfolio, thanks to…

Dow joins industry task force focused on PLF sustainability

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; London) has announced that Dow (Midland, Mich.), along with Walgreens Boots Alliance, United Utilities and Northumbrian Water, have joined RSC’s sustainable polymers task force Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulation (PLFs) Task Force, which was…