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ABB expands industrial automation portfolio with $5.5-billion Rotork acquisition
ABB Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland) has agreed with Rotork plc (Bath, U.K.), a well-established global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions and a leading independent manufacturer of electric actuators, the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued…
Air Liquide invests $160 million to supply ultra-high-purity gases to semiconductor fab in Arizona
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) announces a new investment of over $160 million to build, own and operate a new large-scale production facility in Arizona to supply essential ultra-high-purity gases to the latest fab expansion of a global leader in…
BASF inaugurates new production plant for specialty emollients in Germany
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has inaugurated a new plant in Düsseldorf, Germany, to produce specialty emollients, particularly for skin care and sun protection products. With this investment in the mid double-digit million-euro range, BASF is strategically expanding its capacity for…
AI-enhanced pipeline monitoring improves leak detection and security
PipePatrol NEO is a new comprehensive solution for leak detection, theft detection and pipeline monitoring. At the core of the system is NEPM (Neural Engine Pipeline Monitoring), this company's next-generation technology for continuous internal pipeline monitoring. The system combines artificial…
Bunge supplying 300,000 tons of soybean oil for Acelen Renewables’ biorefinery in Brazil
Acelen Renewables (Bahia, Brazil), an energy company owned by Mubadala Capital, and Bunge Global S.A. (St. Louis, Missouri), a global leader in agribusiness, food, and ingredients, have signed a five-year agreement for the supply of 300,000 metric tons of certified…
New plant in Germany represents major milestone in cement decarbonization
The CI4C (Cement Innovation for Climate) Pure Oxyfuel plant in Mergelstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, has been officially inaugurated, marking a major milestone in the decarbonization of cement production. thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH (Beckum, Germany), together with thyssenkrupp Calvion GmbH (Ennigerloh, Germany), contributed…
John Cockerill advances electrolyzer production following McPhy acquisition
One year after acquiring McPhy's strategic assets, John Cockerill Hydrogen (Seraing, Belgium) has reached a new milestone in its industrial development. In Belfort, France, teams have produced the first electrolysis stack assembled on-site using an innovative production line. Meanwhile, in…
Alzchem to establish nitroguanidine production site in South Carolina
Alzchem Group AG (Trostberg, Germany) announced that it has selected Bushy Park in South Carolina as the site for its nitroguanidine production in the United States. The project is intended to supply the U.S. market under a contract with the…
Topsoe and Sasol sign licensing agreement for SAF production facility in Uzbekistan
Topsoe A/S (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark) and Sasol Ltd. (Sandton, South Africa) have signed a licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels LLC (Perth, Australia) to provide technologies for its eSAF and bio-based SAF production facility located in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.…
JERA and Samsung C&T sign MoU to strengthen hydrogen and ammonia value chains
Japan's largest power company JERA Co., Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung C&T Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), a leading global trading and investment company, to explore strategic collaboration aimed at strengthening the resilience…