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BASF and Shenergy Group enter cooperation to accelerate international biomethane projects

BASF SE (Ludiwgshafen, Germany) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenergy Group through its subsidiaries Shanghai Gas Co. and Shanghai Shenji Environmental Technology Co.. This strategic partnership aims to foster long-term collaboration among the three parties in the commercialization…

Air Liquide will build hydrogen production unit at TotalEnergies biorefinery site

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently announced a renewable hydrogen production project at TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France; www.totalenergies.com) La Mède (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France) site. In the context of a long-term contract, Air Liquide will cover the hydrogen needs of…

Cyclyx reaches final investment decision for second plastics circularity center

Cyclyx International, LLC (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.10to90.com), a post-use plastic-to-feedstock innovator and joint venture among Agilyx (Oslo, Norway; www.agilyx.com), ExxonMobil (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com), and LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com), has reached a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center…

INNIO hydrogen combined heat and power project wins COGEN Europe award

INNIO Group (Jenbach, Austria; www.innio.com) today announced that it was awarded the COGEN Europe Recognition Award 2024 in the Technology and Innovation category for its 1 MW-class hydrogen combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Powered by green hydrogen, INNIO Group…

NextChem unveils technology center of excellence in Sicily

NextChem (Maire; Milan, Italy; www.nextchem.com) unveiled today its new high-tech engineering center, the “NX Engineering District”, in Catania, Sicily, in a ceremony attended by the local political and institutional leaders. The NX Engineering District, in Sicily’s Science and Technology Park,…

Clariant catalyst selected for biomass gasification-to-green methanol project in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that its MegaMax catalyst was selected for a China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project. The plant will use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up…

Chemical Industry Sustainability Projects Advanced by Global Impact Coalition

The Global Impact Coalition (GIC; Geneva, Switzerland; www.globalimpactcoalition.com), a CEO-led coalition committed to advancing a circular, net-zero future for the chemical industry, marks its first anniversary since spinning off from the World Economic Forum. Established as an independent entity in…

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies completes expansion at manufacturing site in California

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biologics, vaccines, advanced therapies, and oncolytic viruses, announced the completion of an expansion of its cell-therapy manufacturing facility in Thousand Oaks, California. The event also celebrated the recent European…

Honeywell to sell PPE business for $1.3 billion

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it has agreed to sell its Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) business to Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners, for $1.325 billion in an all-cash transaction. The transaction…

KBR to supply technology for new ammonia plant in Angola

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed an agreement with AMUFERT for the development of a new ammonia plant in Soyo, Angola. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a technology license, proprietary engineering design, equipment and…