Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has announced an investment of approximately €25 million in its plasterboard plant in Fredrikstad, Norway, to increase its production capacity by about 40% and transform it to make it the world's first carbon-neutral plasterboard plant. This investment…
Arkema SA (Colombes, France) plans to acquire Agiplast, a company specialized in the regeneration of high-performance polymers and its historical partner in recycling operations. The company, with annual sales of around €15 million, operates a plant in Italy and has…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has revamped Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) renewable hydrotreater unit at their refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden. The hydrotreater is now able to co-process 85% renewable feedstock utilizing Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The unit has a capacity of…
Digital modernization has led to an explosion in data, driving companies to increasingly seek out reliable, secure data centers that are both resource-efficient and sustainable. Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) has completed commissioning oversight for the world’s first zero…
Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) has unveiled its plans for one of the world’s largest electrolyzer plants for the production of green hydrogen to be located in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. This investment in Spain comes on the heels of Iberdrola and…
Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that the world's first test of a 30% hydrogen/natural gas blend in the forging processes used in industrial steelmaking was held in Rho (province of Milan), at the Forgiatura A. Vienna plant. The trial involved the…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) and its consolidated subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical Methacrylates Japan Co., Ltd (MCM) plan to construct facilities in Japan to implement verification testing with the goal of commercializing molecular recycling operations for PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate; acrylic resin).…
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) is pleased to announce the successful startup of a 100% renewable base oil unit in Novvi's Deer Park, Houston facility that employs CLG's patented state-of-the-art ISODEWAXING catalyst and technology. Chevron, one of the joint venture parents…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced that it has entered the final phase of testing for renewable gasoline in Sweden and is now advancing the target to complete commercial tests of the fuel, and thereby enabling significant reductions of greenhouse gas…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced that it will advance a world-scale “blue” ammonia production facility in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ADNOC is an early pioneer in the emerging hydrogen market, driving the UAE’s…