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Estimating Simulation Parameters for Batch Columns from Experimental Data

This whitepaper, Estimating Simulation Parameters for Batch Columns from Experimental Data, outlines a practical method for deriving key model parameters (such as heat losses, hold-up volumes, and stage efficiencies) directly from plant data. Using a lab-scale ethanol–water batch distillation column,…

CF Industries supplies low-carbon ammonia to Envalior for caprolactum production

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced a shipment of certified low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana, facility. Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry, purchased the ammonia for shipment to Envalior (Düsseldorf, Germany), which intends to use…

Southern Ionics to expand sulfur chemicals manufacturing site in Alabama

Southern Ionics (West Point, Miss.) will invest in its Tuscaloosa, Ala. sulfur chemicals manufacturing facility to expand production capacity, make infrastructure improvements and add sodium metabisulfite production. "We are pleased to make this investment and look forward to growing our…

LyondellBasell expands Purell healthcare polymers in North America

LyondellBasell Industries B.V. (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the expansion of its Purell portfolio in North America. Purell medical-grade polyolefins are used by healthcare and pharmaceutical companies across Europe. With this expansion, LYB brings its proven service model, regulatory compliance and innovation-driven…

Advancion expands manufacturing capabilities for zwitterionic biological buffer product

Advancion Corp. (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) announced the expansion of its U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities with the commercial launch of MOPS buffer produced at its Sterlington, Louisiana facility. MOPS (3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid) is a zwitterionic biological buffer commonly used in cell culture and…

Mitsui Chemicals acquires Nippon Aluminum Alkyls from Ketjen

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Ketjen Netherlands Holdings B.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) have entered into a share purchase agreement for Nippon Aluminum Alkyls Ltd. (NAA), a company engaged in the manufacturing and sales of organometallic compounds such as alkyl aluminum.…

ACT-ion to establish advanced cathode pilot plant in Carrollton, Texas

Battery material manufacturer ACT-ion Battery Technologies, Inc. (Dallas) announced it has signed a lease for a new facility at 1200 Tappan Circle in Carrollton, Texas. This site will house a state-of-the-art pilot plant dedicated to scaling its clean high-throughput manufacturing…

Niron Magnetics breaks ground on rare-earth-free magnet manufacturing plant in Minnesota

Niron Magnetics (Minneapolis, Minn.) has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art 1,500-ton-per-year permanent magnet manufacturing facility in Sartell, Minnesota. After nearly a decade of research and development in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Minnesota,…

TotalEnergies and Cognite expand partnership to scale industrial AI

TotalEnergies (Paris) and Cognite, a leader in industrial AI, announced an agreement will scale the deployment - over a period of three years - of the Cognite industrial data and AI platform, across all TotalEnergies' operated upstream assets worldwide, covering…

Berkshire Hathaway to acquire OxyChem from Occidental for $9.7 billion

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Omaha, Neb.) and Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Houston) announced a definitive agreement for Berkshire Hathaway to acquire Occidental’s chemical business, OxyChem, in an all-cash transaction for $9.7 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. OxyChem is a global…