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Multinational firms join initiative to decarbonize industrial heating across pharma supply chains
Multinational pharmaceutical companies Sanofi S.A. (Paris, France), UCB S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Opella Healthcare Group S.A.S. (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) have joined AstraZeneca plc (Cambridge, UK) as founding members of the Clean Heat Program, an initiative from supply chain intelligence network Secaro…
Ansaldo Green Tech completes large-volume production line for AEM electrolyzers
Ansaldo Green Tech S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy) has completed its new high-volume production line for AEM (anion exchange membrane) electrolyzer stacks at its Genoa facility. With a production capacity exceeding 300 MW per year, the plant marks a significant step in…
Sartorius and NIBRT partner to establish world’s first continuous bioprocessing training center
Sartorius AG (Göttingen, Germany) and the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) (Dublin, Ireland) are partnering to establish the world's most comprehensive training center for intensified and fully continuous bioprocessing in Dublin, Ireland. Starting in the fourth quarter…
Técnicas Reunidas awarded FEED contract from Hive Hydrogen South Africa
Hive Hydrogen South Africa (HHSA) has awarded Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) the design engineering services, through a FEED (front-end engineering design) contract, for a large green hydrogen and ammonia production plant. The facility, which will produce about one…
ALPLA strengthens presence in Türkiye with two new plants
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is further expanding its production capacity in Türkiye. With the new sites in İzmir and Adana, the international packaging and recycling specialist has commissioned two state-of-the-art plants. Investments totaling approximately EUR 30 million strengthen customer proximity,…
Air Products investing $250 million in Arizona to expand gas-supply infrastructure
Air Products (Allentown, Pa.) announced it has signed a long-term agreement with one of the leading semiconductor manufacturers to supply high-purity industrial gases and related infrastructure to support the customer's plant and production expansion plans in the United States. This…
Siegwerk expands U.S. and Canada production capacity
Global ink and coatings manufacturer Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA (Siegburg, Germany) is further expanding its footprint in the United States and Canada through targeted investments. These focus on increasing production capacity, enhancing operational efficiency, and advancing sustainable infrastructure.…
Saipem awarded EPF contract for carbon capture unit at Ren-Gas Power-to-Gas project in Finland
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has been awarded by Ren-Gas (Espoo, Finland) a contract for the Engineering, Procurement and Fabrication (EPF) of its Bluenzyme™ 200 solution, for the carbon capture unit for the Tampere Power-to-Gas project in Finland. Under…
Covestro opens pilot plant for chemical recycling of elastomers
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has opened a new pilot plant for the chemical recycling of high-performance elastomers at its Leverkusen site. The double-digit million-euro project moves a novel recycling process for Vulkollan® from laboratory development into pilot operation. As one…
TotalEnergies acquires full ownership of Grandpuits advanced plastics recycling plant
As part of the restructuring of Plastic Energy Ltd.'s (London, U.K.) shareholding, TotalEnergies SE (Courbevoie, France) agreed to acquire from the new shareholder Plastic Energy's 35% interest in the Grandpuits advanced recycling plant, in which TotalEnergies already held a 65%…