Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is using Celtic Renewables’ (Grangemouth, U.K.; www.celtic-renewables.com) bio-butanol to produce ECOHANCE® Soft BOL, a sustainable emollient for cosmetics and personal care products. Combined with Evonik’s formulation expertise, the result is a final product that meets both performance…
MAIRE (Milan, Italy; www.groupmaire.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions) has been awarded a contract by Fértil Pampa S.A.U., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pampa Energia S.A., for a large-scale fertilizer complex in Argentina. The facility will include…
Empower EIT (Addison, Tex.; www.empowereit.com), a vertically integrated lithium technology and operating company, has completed the commissioning of its 17,000-square-foot Dallas Operations & Innovation Center as the company targets first commercial sales in 2027. Leveraging its proprietary direct lithium extraction…
Honeywell Technologies (Charlotte, N.C.) has announced the completion of its acquisition of Johnson Matthey plc's (London, U.K.) Catalyst Technologies business in an all-cash transaction. This deal strengthens the company's portfolio across refining, petrochemicals and renewable fuels. Honeywell Technologies will now…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it has begun mass production and supply of semiconductor strippers to Amkor Technology, Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.), marking LG Chem's first entry into the semiconductor stripper market and accelerating its strategy to expand…
Aquatech International LLC (Canonsburg, Pa.) has announced that it will acquire Metito Chemical Solutions (METICHEM; Dubai, UAE), a UAE-based leader in advanced water-treatment chemicals and operations & maintenance (O&M) services across industrial, municipal and institutional markets in the Middle East,…
DePoly (Sion, Switzerland) inaugurated its Showcase Plant in Monthey on July 6–7. The first depolymerization facility of its kind and scale in Switzerland, this industrial Showcase Plant represents a major milestone in the company's growth and its journey toward commercialization.…
Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) is beginning preparations for the transition to an independent brand, following its spin-off from Siemens AG in 2020 and the company's successful subsequent development. This move is based on the time-limited license agreement governing the…
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) has launched an end-to-end Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) portfolio comprising more than 20 products across multiple technologies, designed to improve lithium recovery and provide tailored solutions for diverse brine resources, supporting scalable lithium production…
PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.), a specialist in plastic recycling, has announced a strategic partnership with RM TOHCELLO Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), one of the world's largest producers of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo,…