The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) today released its final report into the fatal explosion and eruption at the Techniques Surfaces USA liquid nitriding facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that fatally injured an employee on…
Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) has been commissioned to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a large-scale hydrogen project in Europe. The planned water electrolysis plant will have a capacity of approximately 600 megawatts.…
Stepan Co. (Northbrook, Ill.) announced a significant increase in its production capacity for Alpha Olefin Sulfonates (AOS). Through strategic capital investments and process improvements, Stepan has expanded its AOS capacity by 25%. With the broadest network of sites and plants…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and InnoVent Renewables announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work toward licensing and deploying InnoVent's continuous tire pyrolysis technology globally. "This is another significant step in expanding and strengthening our portfolio for the…
Ineratec GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany) inaugurated ERA ONE, a Power-to-Liquid plant for the production of e-Fuels and e-Chemicals that will usher in a new era of sustainable mobility. The plant in Frankfurt-Höchst is the largest of its kind in Europe and…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will build, own and operate, through a significant investment of around €70 million, a new industrial gas production facility in Singapore. In the framework of the long-term agreement, large volumes of ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, argon and…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has successfully started the commercial operation of its Black Mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. This state-of-the-art facility represents a significant milestone for BASF’s battery recycling business. It is one of the biggest commercial Black Mass plants…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) and Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture (JV) to advance plastics recycling in the construction industry. The aim is to combine the strengths of both companies: Sika's…
Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that its Life Sciences Group companies will be adopting new names and identities as part of a strategic positioning effort. The Group Companies’ new names, collaborative strategic focus, and structural alignment reflects Fujifilm’s commitment to Life…
Sanofi S.A. (Paris, France) and Blueprint Medicines Corp. (Blueprint), a U.S.-based, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company specializing in systemic mastocytosis (SM), a rare immunological disease, and other KIT-driven diseases, have entered into an agreement under which Sanofi will acquire Blueprint. The…