Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa approximately one and a half years after the start of construction. The company has invested 60 million euros…
Environmental imperatives drive the development of technologies for the chemical recycling of plastic waste, but significant hurdles – including economic viability, collection logistics and feedstock complexity – need to be addressed for chemical recycling to have a larger impact Plastic…
Significant sustainability benefits can be gained through optimization in steam-cracking furnaces. The study detailed here shows the specific decarbonization strategies that can help improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions The chemical process industries (CPI) rely heavily on steam cracking to…
Braven Environmental LLC (Tarrytown, N.Y.; www.bravenenvironmental.com), a market leader in advanced recycling, announced the signing of a long-term offtake agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com), a global player in the chemical industry and leading supplier of…
Under the presidency of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco and His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, the government of the Kingdom of Morocco and TE H2, along with its partners, signed a Preliminary Contract for…
A major solar energy plant – AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) largest in Europe – has been installed at its Pilawa site in Poland, further powering the company’s efforts to transition all its production locations to renewable electricity. Covering nearly…
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany; www.linde-engineering.com) has signed an agreement with NEXTCHEM (Rome, Italy; www.nextchem.it) to provide carbon capture technology to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) Hail and Ghasha project. Located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the project…
OCSiAl (Luxembourg; www.ocsial.com), a leader in graphene nanotube technology, has opened its first European production facility. The facility, located in Serbia, will produce TUBALL™ nanotubes and nanotube-based products. More than 1,500 companies worldwide, including leading automotive, battery, electronics, construction, aerospace,…
Hystar AS (Høvik, Norway) is to receive a €26 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programs for innovative low-carbon technologies. The grant will be used for the installation and operation of Hystar’s automated…
Hindalco Industries Ltd., a global aluminum and copper processor, and a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, has awarded Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) an order for the delivery of engineering and key equipment for a new precious metals refinery…