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First-of-a-kind project will integrate H2SITE membrane separation technology at Petronor refinery

H2SITE, a technology company specialized in advanced hydrogen production and separation solutions, has signed a strategic agreement with Petronor S.A., a leading refinery and key industrial player in the energy sector, to deploy its high-efficiency hydrogen separation technology at Petronor’s…

Johnson Matthey technology selected for new biomethanol plant in China

Guangdong Liquid Sunshine has selected Johnson Matthey (JM; London) as a technology partner for its first commercial-scale project - a biomethanol plant planned in Tiandong County, Guangxi. The two companies, alongside the East China Engineering Science and Technology Co. (ECEC),…

Air Products to construct new ASU in Florida supporting space launch providers

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced plans to build, own and operate a new air separation unit (ASU) in the City of Cocoa, Florida. The ASU will produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The plant is targeted to be on…

Corbion announces new patent for liquid suspension of high-omega-3 algal biomass

Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.corbion.com), a global leader in sustainable specialty food ingredients, announces its latest awarded patent relating to the liquid suspension of algal biomass with a distinct DHA-rich omega-3 profile. This innovation builds on a unique suspension design…

BlueAlp technology selected for BioBTX circular economy project in the Netherlands

Dutch technology companies BlueAlp (Eindhoven, the Netherlands; www.bluealp.nl) and BioBTX (Gronigen, the Netherlands; www.biobtx.com) announce that BlueAlp has been selected as technology partner for the BioBTX project in Delfzijl. The goal is to combine the technologies in the BioBTX plant…

Air Liquide enters agreement to supply gases for low-carbon-emissions steel facility

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has entered into a long-term agreement to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana LLC (HPLS; www.hyundai-steel.com) for its landmark new low-carbon emissions steel facility in Louisiana. Thanks to this new infrastructure, the Group…

CSB opens investigation into chemical release in West Virginia

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) announced today that the agency is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release on April 22 at the Catalyst Refiners, Inc. facility in Nitro, West Virginia that…

Evonik-Fuhua JV completes construction of hydrogen peroxide plant

Evonik Fuhua New Materials has completed construction of its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) facility in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. The joint venture between Evonik GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company Ltd. (Leshan City, Sichuan, China; www.ccdp-ac.com) will purify…

Polyester-rich textile wastes are recycled to monomer at demonstration plant

AXENS (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and JEPLAN Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jeplan.co.jp) announced today the success of a major industrial test for recycling post-consumer textile waste rich in polyester (polyethylene terephthalate; PET) using their Rewind® PET…

Evonik expands fermentation production capacity in Slovakia

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing around €80 million to expand its biotechnology capabilities at its Fermas site in Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia. The investment will add state-of-the-art downstream fermentation technology to support the contract manufacturing services of the group’s…