Since July 1, 2025, Evonik’s Coating & Adhesive Resins business line (Marl, Germany; coating-adhesive-resin.evonik.com) has been using green electricity for its polybutadiene production in Marl, Germany. This initiative is part of Evonik’s sustainability strategy aimed at achieving its environmental goals…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) has completed execution of a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project, a proposed development by owner ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited (Glasgow, U.K.; www.scottishpower.com). The contract was awarded to…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the development of an ammonia and urea production plant by KAR Electrical Power Production Trading FZE (KEPPT) in Basra, Iraq. Under the terms of…
Tokuyama Corp. (Tokyo) announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) company with OCI TerraSus, a Malaysian subsidiary of the OCI Group (Seoul, South Korea), for the production and sale of semiconductor-grade polycrystalline silicon semi-finished products in Malaysia, to be…
Moeve (formerly Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) and Zaffra, a joint venture between Sasol and Topsoe, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the Spanish energy firm and the Amsterdam based e-SAF developer take a step forward…
The Mosaic Co. (Tampa, Fla.) announced that its new fertilizer blending, storage and distribution plant in Palmeirante, Tocantins, Brazil, will begin operations this month. The plant increases blending capacity and expands Mosaic's presence in the fast-growing northern region of Brazil.…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) commissioned its new production line for the manufacture of ultra-pure semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its Burghausen production site in Germany. Accompanied by customers, suppliers and project partners, high-profile figures including Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder and Gitta…
Baker Hughes, Inc. (Houston) and Petroliam Nasional Berhad of Malaysia (Petronas), announced that they have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership to explore business initiatives that have the potential to support the delivery of Asia’s energy…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with Sanofi S.A. (Paris, France) to enable additional U.S. drug product manufacturing. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Thermo Fisher will acquire…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has announced an investment exceeding $50 million to build an additional gas production plant at the site of one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers in the Southeastern U.S.. This strategic investment underscores Air Liquide's long-term…