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NatureWorks progresses construction of PLA biopolymer plant in Thailand

NatureWorks LLC (Plymouth, Minn.) has made significant progress on the construction of their new fully integrated Ingeo  PLA biopolymer manufacturing facility in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand. As a fully integrated PLA complex, the plant will include three manufacturing facilities: lactic…

Fluor completes work on Bayer’s new manufacturing facility in California

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has completed construction of Bayer’s first global Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, California. “Fluor’s innovative plant layout and modularized construction approach allowed this facility to be built safely and with capital efficiency,”…

Evonik to develop catalysts and technologies with Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has signed an agreement to develop, scale up and produce proprietary fixed bed catalysts for mobile applications of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies Technologies’ proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology based on benzyl toluene (BT). The…

Ross Mixers, Siemens USA and others form Battery Machine Builders Coalition

Charles Ross & Son Co. (Haupauge, N.Y.; www.mixers.com) announced the creation of the U.S. Battery Machine Builders (US BMB), a new initiative dedicated to fortifying the U.S. battery supply chain by encouraging adoption of American-made machines and equipment. Ross joined…

Unipar modernizes chlor-alkali plant in Brazil with thyssenkrupp nucera technology

Unipar (São Paulo, Brazil) is modernizing its chlor-alkali plant at the Cubatão plant in Brazil by incorporating electrolyzers from thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany; ). To modernize the plant, the Brazilian chemical company, a leader in the…

Dept. of Energy Announces Funding for Seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) across the nation and accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen — a valuable energy product that can be produced with…

Cepsa announces plans for up to 15 new biomethane plants in Spain

Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain) has begun to search for and develop projects for the construction and operation of biomethane production plants from agricultural and livestock waste to decarbonize its industrial activity, replacing the use of natural gas with this renewable gas.…

MHI Group launches joint demonstration testing of CO2 liquefaction

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), and two of its Group companies - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Corporation (MHI-AC&R) - have commenced joint demonstration testing of a system that liquefies…

Proman and Mitsubishi propose world-scale clean ammonia plant in Louisiana

Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland) has signed an MoU with Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo) to explore building a world-scale ultra low-carbon ammonia facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The proposed plant would produce approximately 1.2 million tons per year of clean ammonia by incorporating…

EMD Electronics starts up specialty-materials site serving Arizona’s semiconductor-manufacturing hub

EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada, celebrated the grand opening of its newest factory in Chandler, Arizona. The opening of the site is part of the "Level Up" growth program announced…