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Pilot plant will help scale up solvent-based recycling process for food-grade HDPE

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is  now evaluating a patented solvent-based process for food-safe HDPE recycled material at a pilot plant in Heerenveen, the Netherlands in collaboration with the independent technological institute NTCP. The innovation project, which is funded by the…

CARBIOS and Wankai to partner on large-scale deployment of PET biorecycling technology in Asia

Carbios S.A. (St-Beauzire, France) and Wankai New Materials, a listed subsidiary of Zhink Group, the 3rd largest PET producer in China and 4th worldwide, announce the signing of the definitive agreement establishing a strategic partnership for the large-scale deployment of…

Kawasaki and Japan Suiso hold groundbreaking for world-scale liquefied hydrogen facility

Japan Suiso Energy, Ltd. (JSE) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kawasaki LH2 Terminal, a liquefied hydrogen base in Ogishima, Kawasaki City, Japan. Kawasaki LH2 Terminal is the key facility for the “Liquefied Hydrogen…

Methane pyrolysis plant inaugurated by V-ZUG in Switzerland

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has announced its participation in the Swiss Association for the Decarbonization of Industry (VZDI) methane pyrolysis project. VZDI inaugurated a unique methane pyrolysis plant at the production site of V-ZUG, a VSDI member and market leader in household…

Moeve and Honeywell expand strategic alliance to deliver renewable linear alkylbenzene

Moeve (formerly Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) and Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced an expanded collaboration to scale up production technologies of bio-based Linear Alkylbenzene (LAB), the raw material for making LAS (Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate), the main surfactant in the production…

Air Liquide and Aster sign MOU for low-carbon hydrogen production in Singapore

Air Liquide Singapore and Aster Chemicals and Energy Pte. Ltd., a leading provider of chemical and energy solutions in Singapore and Southeast Asia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly collaborate on the development of an innovative Auto…

Inpex opens Japan’s first integrated hydrogen and blue ammonia demonstration plant

Inpex Corp. (Tokyo) announced the official opening of Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The facility consists of a blue hydrogen and ammonia demonstration plant, the Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Power Plant and the Hirai Gas Collection Station. Inpex…

Braskem and Norsk e-Fuel join forces to convert captured CO2 into fuels and plastics

Norsk e-Fuel AS (Oslo, Norway), a pioneer in Power-to-Liquid (PtL) technology, and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) have announced a strategic collaboration to explore the possible integration of e-Naphtha into the plastics value chain. This partnership aims to accelerate the…

Vianode makes progress on new synthetic-graphite production plant in Ontario

Vianode (Oslo, Norway) officially started site preparation at its new synthetic graphite facility Via TWO in St. Thomas, Ontario. The project is a major milestone in Vianode’s North American expansion plans and set to bring hundreds of new high-skilled jobs…

Aduro Clean Technologies completes pilot-scale testing of steam-cracking oil from recycled plastics

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ont.; www.adurocleantech.com), a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, announces the successful completion of…