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Toray announces breakthrough in PPS resin recycling process

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that its marketing & sales subsidiary, Toray Resins Europe GmbH (TREU) has established a recycling process for glass-fiber-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin waste from injection molding processes. TREU created its process by leveraging proprietary compounding…

Maire awarded contract for green-fertilizer project in North America

MAIRE S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary KT-Kinetics Technology (KT), part of the Integrated E&C Solutions (IE&CS) business unit, has been awarded the early engineering works for the realization of a new green fertilizer complex in North America by a group…

LyondellBasell pursues new electric furnace technology; collaborates with Technip Energies and Chevron Phillips Chemical

 LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Technip Energies (Paris) and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to potentially design, construct and operate a demonstration unit using Technip Energies'…

Braven Environmental and Koch Project Solutions to collaborate on advanced recycling project

Braven Environmental LLC (Braven), a pioneering provider in the advanced plastics recycling sector, announced the execution of a strategic framework agreement with Koch Project Solutions (KPS), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, to provide project management contracting services (PMC) for Braven’s…

Par Pacific completes acquisition of ExxonMobil Billings Refinery

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has successfully closed its previously announced acquisition of the Billings refinery and associated marketing and logistics assets from ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and two of its subsidiaries. The base purchase price of…

Carbios and Indorama Ventures form JV to build first-of-its-kind PET biorecycling plant in France

Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) and Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Joint Venture (JV) for the construction of the world’s first PET (polyethylene terephthalate) biorecycling plant in France1.…

Choosing a career path

The past couple of months have been prime time for academic graduations. Graduation ceremonies, aptly named commencements, mark a time when graduates look forward to starting a new phase of their journeys. For some, it means moving on to a…

Automatically feed multiple ingredients to one location

Batch-weigh systems from this company can be configured to automatically transfer, weigh and dispense multiple materials fed from multiple locations to a common discharge location (photo). Integrating proprietary weighing technology, a programmable logic controller (PLC) and load cells with the…

Touchscreen automates powder induction, dispersion

The newest addition to this company’s Fastfeed product lineup is the Fastfeed PLC model FF-425-PLC (photo), which features full automation controls and a touchscreen operation designed to increase efficiency and productivity even further. The Fastfeed PLC offers unique mechanical advantages,…

This platform delivers limitless asset health management

BKV Beyond (photo) is a new platform extending condition monitoring from edge to enterprise. Designed for optimal machine healthcare with verified actionable insights, BKV Beyond helps avoid costly downtime through BKV Collect wireless sensors. The sensors, fitting directly onto machinery,…