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Technip Energies awarded contract for SkyNRG SAF project in the Netherlands

Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a substantial contract by SkyNRG for the DSL-01 project, a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility to be developed in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The award covers Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) for…

Elkem announces agreement to sell majority of Silicones division

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced an agreement to sell the majority of its Silicones division to Bluestar to be settled with all Elkem shares held by Bluestar through Bluestar Elkem International Co. Ltd. S.A. (collectively with its relevant affiliate(s), Bluestar).…

MHI demonstrates production of liquid synthetic fuels using integrated SOEC co-electrolysis

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has conducted a demonstration of an integrated production process for synthesizing liquid fuels from carbon dioxide, water, and electricity, successfully producing liquid synthetic fuels through an integrated production system. The demonstration was conducted at MHI's…

Zeon invests in chemical-discovery startup Chemify

Zeon Corp. (Tokyo), through its venture capital arm Zeon Ventures Inc. (California), has strategically invested in and partnered with Chemify, Ltd., a U.K. growth-stage company and pioneer in digital chemistry for accelerating the design, discovery, and synthesis of novel molecules…

Aduro Clean Technologies initializes operations at Ontario pilot plant

Aduro Clean Technologies, Inc. (Sarnia, Ont., Canada) announced that initial operating campaigns are now underway at its Next Generation Process (NGP) Pilot Plant in London, Ontario.  Development of the First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) facility is progressing alongside Pilot Plant operations, with site…

Neste establishes a lubricants facility in Jönköping, Sweden

To respond to its customers’ needs in Sweden, Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has opened its own lubricants warehouse in Jönköping to enable faster deliveries. “Neste has developed and provided customers with high-performing lubricants for decades. Having our own warehouse in…

Nextchem launches new process technology for polytetramethylene ether glycol

MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary CONSER, a technology licensor for high-value chemical derivatives and biodegradable plastics, is reinforcing its portfolio with the introduction of the new NX CONSER PolyFlexTM technology to produce polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG),…

GEA opens new pharmaceutical freeze-drying technology center in Germany

GEA AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has opened a new technology center for pharmaceutical freeze-drying systems in Elsdorf, Germany. GEA employs approximately 260 people at the facility, which combines research and development with production and service under one roof. The site is…

Solstice Advanced Materials to expand uranium conversion site in Illinois

Solstice Advanced Materials (Morris Plains, N.J.) announced that its Metropolis Works, Ill., facility is projected to produce over 10,000 metric tons (10 kt) of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in 2026, which represents about a 20% increase from its planned output in…

Yokogawa and ANYbotics join forces to integrate robotic technologies

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) and ANYbotics (Zurich, Switzerland) announced that they have signed a partnership agreement which will see Yokogawa’s OpreXTM Robot Management Core software integrated with the software stack of ANYbotics’ lineup of ANYmal robots, including the ANYmal X…