Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that its entities in India have signed long-term agreements for the supply of industrial gases to Indian Oil Corp.'s. (IOCL) Panipat refinery in Northern India. Linde’s entities will build, own and operate major new on-site…
Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hess Corp. (New York, N.Y.) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hess in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion, or $171 per…
Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. has entered into an expanded partnership agreement with Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) to advance the construction of a full-service lithium processing facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The parties have also agreed to co-develop a Technology &…
Röhm (Darmstadt, Germany) announced that it has commissioned a production expansion for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in Shanghai. In a ceremony attended by employees, partners and political representatives, Hans-Peter Hauck, COO of Röhm, officially commissioned the plant. “The expansion of our…
Sulzer Flow Equipment and expertise has been selected by an industrial research consortium for a pilot plant intended to validate the commercial viability of storing renewable energy in molten hydroxide salts. Situated in Esbjerg, Denmark, the Molten Salts Storage (MOSS)…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has completed construction of Bayer’s first global Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, California. “Fluor’s innovative plant layout and modularized construction approach allowed this facility to be built safely and with capital efficiency,”…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) across the nation and accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen — a valuable energy product that can be produced with…
Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland) has signed an MoU with Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo) to explore building a world-scale ultra low-carbon ammonia facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The proposed plant would produce approximately 1.2 million tons per year of clean ammonia by incorporating…
A look back at the history of the digital transformation in the chemical process industries (CPI) can help guide current strategies for leveraging digital tools for the benefit of humans and the planet. The main story in the chemical process…
EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada, celebrated the grand opening of its newest factory in Chandler, Arizona. The opening of the site is part of the "Level Up" growth program announced…