By McKinnon Ray and Eric Maynard, Jenike & Johanson, Inc. Particle size matters. When it comes to processing bulk solids, whether in mining, food production, or pharmaceuticals, particle size is a key factor in determining how materials will flow through…
Koch Modular Process Systems, LLC (Paramus, N.J.; www.kochmodular.com), a provider of engineered and fabricated modular reaction and mass-transfer systems, today announced that they are expanding their ongoing business relationship with PureCycle Technologies, Inc. and will supply the modular recycling systems…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) today announced the opening of its new European Central Powder Coatings Research and Development (R&D) Center in Milan, Italy. The facility’s expanded capabilities, which include a customer application center, will enhance and accelerate powder coatings product…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) has announced a new collaboration with Kraton (Houston, Tex.; www.kraton.com), a producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, to deliver certified renewable butadiene from its TruCircle portfolio for…
Biotechnology company Conagen (Bedford, Mass.; www.conagen.com) recently announced the development of highly sought-after debondable hot melt adhesives made by high-performance materials from sustainable and natural bio-molecules. The announcement offers a new alternative for manufacturers seeking debondable structural adhesive solutions to…
Sustainable materials producer Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) and Japan-based diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.com) announced a strategic partnership to commercialize renewably-sourced nylon 6,6 made from Genomatica’s bio-based HMD (hexamethylenediamine, also abbreviated as HMDA) building block. Asahi…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; uop.honeywell.com) today announced an Integrated Olefin Suite (IOS) of technologies that can increase ethylene production and improve profitability when added to a naphtha steam cracker. IOS provides users with the ability to improve return on…
The Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) ammonia synthesis catalyst “AmoMax-Casale” was selected for a major, groundbreaking green ammonia project, being jointly developed by The Hydrogen Utility (H2U), a leading Australian developer of green hydrogen infrastructure, and Casale. The project will…
ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) has been awarded two major contracts by Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, to provide the electrical systems for two new hydrogen plants in North…
Sulzer Chemtech (Winterthur, Switzerland) will provide a BioFlux technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Malaysia. This new state-of-the-art facility will produce sustainable fuels with limited greenhouse gases emissions by…