Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced the expansion of its Life Sciences manufacturing facilities located in Billerica, Mass.; Bloomington, Minn.; and Logan, Utah. The expansions are part of Entegris’ capital expenditures plan to invest approximately $30 million in life sciences capacity…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) announced the launch of a new global innovation center, adding to the company's growing network of innovation and technical support facilities around the world. The Atlanta, Georgia-based innovation center is designed as an open, collaborative space…
Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) and chemical marketing company HELM (Hamburg, Germany) are entering into a joint venture, Qore, to help leading brands replace fossil-based chemistries with bio-based intermediates, enabling them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the…
Brightmark (San Francisco, Calif.) announced that it will build the world’s largest advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia. The total investment is expected to be more than $680 million in a new plant intended to fully…
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico) and Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand)have each acquired plastics recycling facilities from CarbonLite Recycling LLC. Alpek has acquired CarbonLite’s Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling and pelletization facility in Reading, Pennsylvania.The site…
Arkema (Colombes, France) announced the finalization of an agreement with Chinese producer Aofan to manufacture 1233zd in China. At the same time, Arkema will accelerate its detailed planning of additional capacity at its Calvert City, Kentucky site. Both projects will…
Sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group AS has engaged Technip Energies (Paris) to conduct pre-EPC phase engineering work as the next step in the execution stage of the ReSolute project. Circa Group converts waste, non-food biomass into advanced bio-based chemicals with its proprietary Furacell process.…
With the desire to improve the circularity of large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM), SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) and Local Motors, a next-generation vehicle manufacturer, completed a joint study on the feasibility of recycling scrap thermoplastic parts and shavings from the 3D…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and Energy Internet Corp. (EIC) announced an agreement to collaborate in developing technology to store and generate electrical power for the data center market using compressed or liquefied air. This technology will provide long-duration energy storage, using…
Bakken Energy, LLC (formerly Bakken Midstream Natural Gas, LLC) and Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. (Mitsubishi Power) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to create a world-class clean hydrogen hub in North Dakota. This hub will be composed of facilities that…