LyondellBasell Industries (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company will license the LyondellBasell polyethylene technology at their facility located in Qinzhou City, Guangxi, P.R. of China. The newly licensed technology will comprise of the LyondellBasell leading high-pressure Lupotech…
Airgas, an Air Liquide company and a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, safety and welding products, has installed two strategically located argon storage nodes to further strengthen the argon supply chain for its customers, who use…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has signed an investment agreement with the Jiading District in Shanghai to help accelerate the hydrogen economy in China. At a signing ceremony in Sonning, UK today, JM and…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has entered into a strategic partnership with Canadian mineral development company Avalon Advanced Material, to establish terms to develop a lithium hydroxide production facility. The facility will process lithium mineral concentrates that are essential for the…
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced it has agreed to acquire SCADAfence, a leading provider of operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity solutions for monitoring large-scale networks. SCADAfence brings proven capabilities in asset discovery, threat detection and…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France)'s North America business announced plans to invest $235 million (approximately €215 million) over the next two years to expand and modernize its CertainTeed (ex- Continental Building Products) gypsum manufacturing facility in Palatka, Florida, more than doubling…
E3 Lithium Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced it has selected Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) as its prime Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company to lead its Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the Clearwater commercial project. Fluor will provide overall PFS project…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Syclus intends to build and operate a plant for the production of renewable ethylene from sustainable ethanol in Chemelot Industrial Park, Geleen, The Netherlands. With an annual production capacity in the range of 100,000…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has signed a binding agreement for the sale of COVIPOR, its glass processing business in Portugal, to PNI Portugal & Permanente SA. COVIPOR generated sales of around €20 million in 2022, with two industrial locations in…
Technip Energies (Paris) announces the acquisition of Processium, an expert company in process development, equipped with laboratory and piloting facilities located in Lyon, France. Processium is an industrial development partner designing and developing next-generation processes to support the energy transition…