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Sulzer to deliver technology and key equipment to India’s first bioplastics plant

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) will supply its cutting-edge polylactic acid (PLA) production technologies to Balrampur Chini Mills Limited (BCML) to support the construction of India’s first bioplastics plant. The new state-of-the-art bioplastics plant will produce 75'000 tonnes of compostable, wholly…

Axens announces successful sustained operation at DMX carbon-capture pilot project in France

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that the DMX process demonstration pilot has been operating in stable conditions since April 2023 to capture the CO2 present in blast furnace gases emitted during steel production at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk site. The objectives are…

Saint-Gobain invests in two firms developing low-carbon cement technologies

Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals is expanding its efforts to deploy new additives for low-carbon cement and concrete. These low-carbon technologies open up tremendous opportunities for co-development with new partners in fast-growing markets and to accelerate Saint-Gobain’s profitable growth in construction chemicals.…

CGG commences global screening project for natural hydrogen

CGG, a global technology and Earth science leader, has commenced a worldwide natural hydrogen screening project with industry support. The project leverages CGG’s wealth of subsurface data, multi-disciplinary geoscience expertise, latest technology advances and high-performance computing capabilities to identify and…

Air Liquide divests selected business activities in Africa

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced the divestiture to Adenia Partners Ltd of the Group’s activities in twelve countries in Africa representing a total annual sales of about 60 million euros. Air Liquide has signed an agreement with Adenia to sell…

AkzoNobel invests $30 million in manufacturing expansions across North America

More than $30 million is being invested by AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) to install advanced technologies and increase total manufacturing capacity at its four powder coatings sites in North America.  The company is incorporating new extruders, thermoplastics and bonding…

Sasol and Topsoe launch new SAF joint venture, Zaffra

 Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced the successful launch of their joint venture, Zaffra. With its headquarters based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Zaffra is set to become a key player in the aviation industry, focusing…

Grace expands fine-chemicals contract manufacturing facility in Michigan

W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace; Columbia, Md.) announced the opening of its expanded fine chemical contract development and manufacturing (CDM) facility in South Haven, Mich. Grace executives and local community leaders joined more than 200 employees at the site…

Neste merges three business lines into new Renewable Products unit

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has completed its organizational change process, announced on 1 November 2023. Neste informed that it will merge its three renewable business units into one Renewable Products business unit as well as restructure its functions to better…

KBR awarded project-management contract for new petroleum refinery in Angola

KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a project management contract by Sonangol for the design and construction of a new 200,000-bbl/d petroleum refinery in Lobito, Angola.  Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide services encompassing the project management…