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Energy efficiency opportunities in chemical manufacturing

Learn how fast, accurate measurement can positively impact energy efficiencies and lower CO2 output. The chemical industry is an integral part of our daily lives, producing chemicals that many other industries and processes rely on and a large industrial energy…

Kao Corp. completes new tertiary amine facility in Texas

Kao Corp. (Tokyo) has built a new tertiary amine production plant in Pasadena, Texas,  the opening ceremony for which took place on August 22, 2025. The new plant, with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tons, will further enhance stable…

Nippon Sanso to construct new air separation plant in Las Vegas

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp. (NSHD) announced that its U.S. operating company, Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (Irving, Tex.), will build, own, and operate a new air separation plant in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is scheduled for completion in 2027. This new plant…

2025 CEPCI updates: June (prelim.) and May (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for June 2025 (most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value. The rise was driven by higher producer prices for steel and copper mill products, among others. For…

Air Products completes first liquid hydrogen fill of the world’s largest hydrogen sphere

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it has successfully completed the first fill of the world’s largest hydrogen sphere at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kennedy Space Center located on Merritt Island, Florida. NASA uses liquid hydrogen combined…

Wood awarded contract for Turkey’s largest polypropylene plant

Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) is providing project management consultancy (PMC) services to develop Turkey’s largest polypropylene plant and associated terminal facility as part of the Ceyhan project. Wood is deploying over 70 project management experts to support the engineering, procurement and…

Air Liquide acquires South Korean industrial gas leader DIG Airgas

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced that it has signed a binding agreement with Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, for the acquisition of DIG Airgas, a leading national player in South Korea. It is expected to close in the first semester of…

SNF acquires Texas-based Obsidian Chemical Solutions

SNF Group (Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France) announced the acquisition of Obsidian Chemical Solutions LLC , a leading provider of specialty chemical solutions primarily for completion operations to the oil & gas industry. Based in Midland, Texas, Obsidian has grown rapidly to become…

ENi sells stake in its CCUS business to GIP

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading global infrastructure investor and a part of BlackRock, sign an agreement related to the sale of a stake of 49.99% in Eni CCUS Holding – a leading global player…

Corbion and KAS team up to develop algae-based astaxanthin

Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and U.S.-based biotech company Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize a high-quality, natural astaxanthin derived from non-GMO heterotrophic algae. Astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant and red-orange carotenoid pigment found…