Italian companies Tenaris, Saipem S.p.A. and SIAD have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start the design phase of a carbon dioxide capture and utilization (CCU) plant, to be built at the Tenaris plant in Dalmine, northern Italy. The…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) and Morrow Batteries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development, screening, and testing of novel electrolyte formulations for the next generation of high-voltage batteries. Based on Arkema’s proprietary ultra-pure lithium electrolyte salts and Morrow’s…
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) has completed the construction of China's first megaton carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, the Qilu-Shengli Oilfield CCUS (the "Project") on January 29, which will reduce carbon emission by 1 million tons per year,…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced the start of ABS ((acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) production in Wingles, France, having completed the conversion of an existing polystyrene line to the production of ABS. This move makes Wingles the company’s third ABS production site…
Vertellus (Indianapolis, Ind.) has acquired Polyscope Polymers B.V., a global leader in specialty additives for coatings, electronics applications and engineering polymers. With the addition of Polyscope’s complementary product portfolio and advanced manufacturing capabilities, Vertellus expands its European production capabilities and…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen Germany) announced plans to fundamentally modernize the entire infrastructure, including the facilities for the production of chloroformates and acid chlorides, at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site. The company is investing a low three-digit million euro amount for this.…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and Matrìca, a joint venture between Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese) and Novamont, have partnered to produce sustainable biocide preservatives from renewable raw materials. Starting in January 2022, the Matrìca plant at Porto Torres (Sardinia, Italy)…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced that two of its European production sites, namely Antwerp, Belgium and Ludwigshafen, Germany received the ISCC PLUS certification from ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). The certification announced paves the way for the audited production…
Shell plc has started operations at the power-to-hydrogen electrolyzer in Zhangjiakou, a joint venture between Shell (China) Limited and Zhangjiakou City Transport Construction Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd. With this startup, one of the world’s largest hydrogen electrolyzers began production…
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has signed an agreement with Yara ASA (Oslo, Norway) for the construction and delivery of a 24-MW green hydrogen plant. In December 2021, Yara was granted funding for the development of the initial plant by Enova.…