Chemical Engineering
2023 CEPCI updates: July (prelim.) and June (final)
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for July 2023 (most recent available) fell compared to the previous month’s value, the second straight monthly decline. To arrive at the decline in the overall CEPCI for July, decreases…
CF Industries and Posco evaluating joint clean-ammonia project in the U.S.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and POSCO Holdings Inc., South Korea’s largest steelmaker, as well as a leader in energy trading and power generation, announced that the companies are evaluating a joint venture to construct a low-carbon clean ammonia…
PPG completes $2.7-million expansion of powder coatings factory in Brazil
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it has completed an expansion of its powder coatings plant in Sumaré, Brazil. The $2.7 million (13 million Brazilian reals) project increased the production capacity of the facility by 40%. The unit is expected to…
New drug-discovery collaboration expands synthesis capabilities
Torx Software Ltd. (Litlington, Cambridgeshire, U.K.) announced a collaboration with CDD Vault to facilitate the seamless synthesis and registration of new compounds during the small-molecule drug discovery process. Torx is a cloud-based platform developed by Cresset and Elixir Software, which…
Increased production begins at world’s largest solid-phase peptide synthesis plant
Following the signature of a multi-year large scale peptide manufacturing agreement earlier this year, CordenPharma International (Plankstadt, Germany) is pleased to announce the inauguration of increased commercial peptide production capacity with newly-upgraded facilities at CordenPharma Colorado, the largest Solid-Phase Peptide…
Fives acquires ProSim
Fives (Paris, France), an international leader in industrial engineering, strengthens its capabilities with the acquisition of ProSim (Labège, France), an expert in process simulation and optimization. This acquisition will enable Fives companies to enhance the simulation of their equipment in…
Albemarle receives $90 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to boost lithium production
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that the U.S. Department of Defense has approved a $90 million grant to help support the expansion of domestic mining and the production of lithium for the nation's battery supply chain. The funding will be…
Arzeda announces joint development agreement with W. L. Gore to further advance protein design
Protein design company Arzeda (Seattle, Wash.), announced that it has entered a joint development agreement with W. L. Gore & Associates (Newark, Del.)s, a global leader in advanced materials science, following the success of the companies' initial collaboration announced in…
BASF to produce cathode active materials from recycled metals for use in Nanotech Energy’s lithium-ion battery cells
BASF SE (Lugwigshafen, Germany) and Nanotech Energy, a worldwide leader in the field of graphene-based energy storage products, have agreed to partner to significantly reduce the CO2 footprint of Nanotech’s lithium-ion batteries for the North American market. The agreement aims…
Emerson accelerates factory automation capabilities with agreement to acquire Afag
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Afag Holding AG (Afag), an innovative leader in electric linear motion, feeding and handling automation solutions. Headquartered in Zell, Switzerland, Afag brings state-of-the-art technology and innovation to Emerson. The transaction…