Ketjen Corp. and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced a change to Ketjen and Axens’ ownership of and collaboration with Eurecat. Under the agreements, Ketjen will extend its collaboration with Eurecat on advanced catalyst technologies and services, including regeneration, rejuvenation, ex-situ sulfiding,…
Symrise AG (Holzminden, Germany) announced a strategic equity investment in Cellibre, a U.S.-based biotechnology company specializing in sustainable biomanufacturing. This partnership positions Symrise at the forefront of fermentation-derived ingredients that are better for both people and planet. It will initially…
TotalEnergies SE (Paris) and the independent French consulting and engineering group Oteis have signed a deal for the sale of TotalEnergies’ sustainable consultancy and solutions affiliate GreenFlex to Oteis, a divestment that reflects TotalEnergies’ strategy to concentrate its activities on…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) has announced the official approval of new facilities at its Kawasaki Works to manufacture electrolysis system components for both alkaline water electrolysis and chlor-alkali electrolysis. Alkaline water electrolysis systems in particular are expected to enjoy significant…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has officially opened its first state-of-theart fumed alumina production facility “Alu5” in Yokkaichi, Japan, which marks a major step forward in the company’s strategy to serve the Asian market with advanced aluminum oxide-based solutions. This…
Saint-Gobain Canada announced that its CertainTeed Kootenay West Gypsum Mine has completed the final phase of construction and entered full production capacity with the installation and commissioning of permanent equipment on site. The Kootenay West Gypsum Mine located near Canal…
Air Water Inc. (Osaka, Japan) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Air Water India Pvt. Ltd., has acquired a large-scale gas plant currently under construction at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand, Eastern India, and has entered into a 20-year…
Veolia SE (Paris) was awarded the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the Aguas Pacífico multipurpose desalination plant in Valparaíso, the first in Chile (1,000 L/s), ahead of five leading national and international companies that were part of the tender.…
Linde plc (Dublin, Ireland) announced it has started up the supply of industrial gases to serve customers in the Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville areas of eastern Tennessee, as well as northern Alabama and Georgia. The new air separation unit (ASU)…
Technip Energies (Paris) has announced that Malaysia’s first melamine plant, developed for Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – received its ‘Ready For Start Up’ (RFSU) certificate. The plant at Kedah has a capacity of 60,000 metric tons…