Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) and Blue Current, a leading manufacturer of silicon elastic composite solid-state batteries, have agreed to strengthen their collaboration on the development of solid-state battery technology, with Umicore investing a minority stake in the U.S.-based start-up. This…
On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, our guests are polymer chemist Scott Trenor, a principal scientist at Milliken Chemical Company, and Anindya Mukherjee, the co-founder of GO!PHA, an organization promoting the development of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) as an alternative…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) is supplying the process design packages for the gas treatment of two Gas Plants located in North Kuwait, which EPC are managed respectively by SPETCO and Jereh. Axens licenses two HySWEET units for the acid gas removal,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has officially begun construction of its $220 million global-scale production facility for pharmaceutical specialty lipids in Lafayette, Indiana, in the United States. The new facility is expected to secure the industry’s access to critical excipients…
Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) has completed the strategic review of its Metals business. As a conclusion, the company has decided to initiate the divestment of two of its three Metals businesses: Metals & Chemical Processing and Ferrous & Heat…
S-OIL Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) has selected Univation's UNIPOL PE Technology for three world-scale production lines to be located at S-OIL's site at Ulsan, the Republic of Korea. Each line is designed to achieve a nameplate capacity of 400,000 metric…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.) hosted public officials, customers and local contractors at its manufacturing site in West Valley City, Utah as the company held a grand opening and ribbon cutting on March 22 for its new Center of Research &…
PowerCo, the new battery company of the Volkswagen Group, and Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) have obtained full regulatory approvals for their joint venture announced in September 2022. The partners can now swiftly proceed to prepare for large-scale industrial production of…
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco; Dhahran) and joint venture partners Norinco Group and Panjin Xincheng Industrial Group plan to start construction of a major integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in northeast China. Huajin Aramco Petrochemical Company (HAPCO), a joint venture…
Evonik Catalysts announced plans to expand its production capacities for activated nickel powder catalysts marketed under the KALCAT and Metalyst brands at its production sites in Hanau, Germany, and Dombivli near Mumbai, India. The company is responding to the growing…