Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced its decision to shut down its sunliquid® bioethanol production in Podari, Romania, and to downsize related activities of the business line Biofuels & Derivatives in Germany (Straubing, Planegg…
SK Innovation (Seoul, South Korea) has successfully converted carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using electrochemical catalytic reactions. The carbon monoxide produced by this method is expected to contribute to the production of various chemical products as a basic material, as…
Zeta Energy (Houston) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that they have demonstrated an advanced lithium-sulfur battery that requires no copper or aluminum as current collectors, thus enabling further enhancement in energy and power density. This is an important…
To further strengthen the sustainability and competitiveness of TDI (toluene diisocyanate) production for the manufacture of flexible foams in Europe, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is investing a mid to high double-digit million euro amount in the modernization of its production…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) held the groundbreaking ceremony in Changshu, Suzhou for its large-scale fuel cell catalyst plant. With the increasing popularity of green hydrogen, the demand for fuel cell catalyst products is growing rapidly. Over the past 30 years,…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London), a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Basecamp Research, a leader in mapping biodiversity for computational bio-design, today announced their partnership to accelerate the adoption of more sustainable, bio-based catalysts. Biocatalysts are used across a…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has increased the liquid hydrogen production capacity at its facility in McIntosh, Alabama. Linde’s McIntosh facility will now produce up to 30 tons per day of liquid hydrogen for the local merchant market.…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. announced a master collaboration agreement to jointly pursue carbon capture projects. Lummus will provide its post-combustion carbon capture technology and Toshiba will provide its advanced amine-based solvents specifically tailored for…
Technip Energies (Paris) and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium)have anounced the formation of a joint venture (JV) called Rely, which will focus on Green Hydrogen and Power-to-X Solutions The creation of Rely responds to this urgent need to scale up green…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has reached an understanding with Canadian company Standard Lithium on key points for further cooperation on the latter's lithium project at the LANXESS site in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. Accordingly, in the event of industrial production…