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Amyris completes new production line at fermentation plant in Brazil

Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) announced the completed construction of a new production line, which is an expansion of capabilities at its flagship state-of-the-art precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. A pioneer in advanced precision fermentation technology, Amyris is adding…

Wacker starts up expanded silicone emulsions complex in India

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) announced another milestone in the expansion of its silicone capacities in India. A new production complex for manufacturing silicone emulsions went into operation at Wacker’s Panagarh site. The facility produces GMP-certified silicones for the cosmetics…

Evonik realigns research unit into innovation center with focus on speed and market focus

Chemicals company Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is realigning its strategic research unit into what it calls The Evonik Innovation Factory. This new unit operates as an entrepreneurial development unit, accelerating the transition of technological breakthroughs into industrial applications. It has…

BASF to sell Aseptrol chlorine dioxide business to Oxidium

BASF Corp. and Oxidium Technologies LLC announced an agreement under which Oxidium will acquire BASF’s Aseptrol® technology portfolio. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Originally acquired by BASF from Engelhard in 2006, the Aseptrol chlorine dioxide product line…

Thyssenkrupp nucera supplies electrolyzers to Moeve for green hydrogen project in Spain

Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) and Moeve (Madrid, Spain) have signed an engineering, procurement, fabrication and supply contract for thyssenkrupp nucera to provide its equipment for 300 megawatts (MW) of its alkaline water electrolysis technology. The agreement…

Econotherm awarded contract for heat-pipe air preheater for refinery in Thailand

Econotherm (Bridgend, U.K.; www.econotherm.co.uk) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply a heat pipe-based fired heater air-preheater to a major refiner in Thailand. The 6.6 MW unit will be delivered in 2027 and the proprietary heat pipe…

Datacor acquires dynamic simulation provider GoldSim Technology Group

Datacor, Inc. (Florham Park, NJ) announced the acquisition of GoldSim Technology Group, a developer of dynamic simulation software used to model and analyze complex systems under uncertainty. The acquisition deepens Datacor's engineering simulation portfolio, which includes CHEMCAD chemical process simulation…

KBR awarded FEED contract for Port of Amsterdam liquid-hydrogen terminal

KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been selected to deliver the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the groundbreaking EcoLog Terminal in Amsterdam, the world’s first commercial‑scale facility designed to import liquid hydrogen (LH₂) and export liquid CO₂ (LCO₂). The terminal, now under…

Technip Energies acquires stake in Verso Energy SAF project in France

Technip Energies (Paris) has signed an agreement with Verso Energy to acquire a minority equity stake in the DEZiR project, a synthetic aviation fuel (eSAF) plant located in Rouen, France. This investment demonstrates Technip Energies’ support for this major industrial…

Huntsman opens new Performance Products manufacturing facility in Hungary

Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the grand opening of its expanded Performance Products manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, where operations were initiated at the beginning of this year. The successful completion of this investment increases Huntsman's global capacity providing…