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BASF launches high-performance dispersant production line in Nanjing, China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has officially commissioned its high-performance dispersant production line at the Jiangbei New Material Technology Park, Nanjing, China. This investment enables local production of the most advanced dispersants using Controlled Free Radical Polymerization (CFRP) technology. The overall…

Nikkiso partnering with Matheson Tri-Gas to build ASU in Nevada

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Temecula, Calif.; www.nikkisoceig.com) announced today that it has been awarded a significant contract by Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (Irving, Tex.; www.mathesongas.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation) to build an air…

Germany startup launches first-of-its-kind solar e-fuels facility

Germany startup Greenlyte Carbon Technologies is inaugurating the worldwide first LiquidSolar SNG plant in Duisburg, Germany, marking a decisive step from development towards industrial production of synthetic fuels (e-fuels). This milestone positions Greenlyte as a technology leader for innovative, competitive…

A tool to aid reuse and recycling of produced water is now operating

A Texas-based private company, PDS Energy Information (PDS; Austin, Tex.; www.pdsenergy.com), recently announced that it is commercially operating AquaTrade — a tool developed by a National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL; Morgantown, W.Va.; www.netl.doe.gov)-led team that helps oil-and-gas operators find and…

AstraZeneca to invest $2 billion to expand manufacturing capacity in Maryland

AstraZeneca (Cambridge, U.K.) announced plans to invest $2 billion to expand its long-standing manufacturing footprint in Maryland. This includes a significant expansion of its flagship biologics manufacturing facility in Frederick and construction of a new state-of-the-art facility in Gaithersburg for…

OCI to sell interest in its ammonia business

OCI Global (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) a leading global producer and distributor of nitrogen products, announced that it has reached an agreement for the sale of 100% of its equity interests in OCI Ammonia Holding B.V. (OCI AH) to AGROFERT, a.s.,…

thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by Dangote to license four urea granulation units in Nigeria

thyssenkrupp Uhde Fertilizer Technology (UFT), a licensing company of thyssenkrupp Uhde, has signed contracts with the Nigerian Company Dangote Fertiliser Limited (DFL) to provide its UFT Fluid Bed Granulation Technology for four new urea granulation trains as part of four…

Inpex opens Japan’s first integrated hydrogen and blue ammonia demonstration plant

Inpex Corp. (Tokyo) announced the official opening of Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The facility consists of a blue hydrogen and ammonia demonstration plant, the Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Power Plant and the Hirai Gas Collection Station. Inpex…

Toyo Ink to expand liquid ink production at Gujarat plant

Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd., a member of Japan’s artience Group, has announced plans to expand liquid ink production at its Gujarat Plant, in western India, to meet burgeoning demand from the country’s packaging market. The new facility, which is…

Veolia to acquire Clean Earth for $3 billion

Veolia (Paris, France) announced its largest and "most transformative" acquisition since the merger with Suez both for its growth acceleration in the U.S. and for the U.S. Hazardous waste. The Group has entered into an agreement with Enviri to acquire…