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Air Liquide to build new partial oxidation unit at Oxea’s Bay City site

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) has reached a major milestone in its long-standing relationship with Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) by expanding its production capabilities at Oxea's site in Bay City, Texas. This strategic $200-million investment involves the construction…

Fluor selected by Aramco as program management consultancy under long-term agreement

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Texas) has been selected by Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) as a Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contractor under a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to support its global capital projects portfolio. The LTA will allow efficient deployment of Fluor's global…

Michelin and Axens enter exclusive talks for 5-HMF green chemistry partnership

Michelin ResiCare (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that they have entered into exclusive discussions regarding the establishment of a strategic partnership centered on an innovative technology for the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), a key building block for…

Topsoe partners with J Westling & Co. on Nebraska blue ammonia fertilizer project

Topsoe (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark), a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, has signed an agreement with J Westling & Co (JWC) (Elkhorn, Nebraska), a Nebraska-based company developing blue ammonia solutions, also referred to as low carbon ammonia, to support…

DEScycle opens demonstration plant for critical materials recovery from e-waste in U.K.

DEScycle (London, U.K.; www.descycle.com) opened its first demonstration plant at Wilton Centre in Teesside, U.K., marking the first operational deployment of its distributed metals processing infrastructure platform and a significant step towards strengthening the UK’s domestic critical minerals supply chain. …

Syensqo breaks ground on manufacturing expansion in Maryland

Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has broken ground on a manufacturing expansion at its Havre de Grace, Md., site, adding over 30% capacity through a multi-million-dollar investment in the company’s U.S. manufacturing footprint. The expansion further strengthens Syensqo's global manufacturing network…

INEOS and Recuro sign MoU for plastics recycling facility in Norway

INEOS (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) and Norwegian recycling company Recuro (Alesund, Norway; www.recuro.no) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility at INEOS’ Bamble polymer site in Norway. Once commissioned, the plant will process up…

Industry-first multidimensional coin cell calorimeter is dedicated to battery-safety testing

The Coin Cell Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), designed to transform battery safety testing, enables direct testing of fully assembled coin cells, eliminating time-intensive preparation steps while delivering faster, more descriptive safety and performance insights. The Coin Cell DSC is said…

World’s largest e-methanol reactor delivered in major decarbonization initiative

Icelandic firm Carbon Recycling International (CRI) recently delivered the largest of its kind e-methanol reactor for the Liaoyuan E-Methanol Project in Jilin Province, China. Delivery and successful installation of CRI’s proprietary methanol converter reactor is a major construction milestone. The…

Avantium spins out its electrochemical business into new company Carbeau

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) announced the spin‑out of its electrochemical platform, previously known as Volta Technology, into a new, independent company named Carbeau, with retrospective effect from 1 April 2026. Carbeau is backed by a strong investor consortium comprising…