INVISTA Textiles (U.K.) Ltd. and China Resources Yantai Nylon Co., a subsidiary of China Resources Holdings, held a ceremony commemorating the signing of an agreement for the licensing of INVISTA’s nylon 6,6 polymerization technology. With INVISTA’s leading expertise in nylon…
In collaboration with Kolon Industries, SK Geo Centric (SKGC), a subsidiary of SK Innovation (all Seoul, South Korea), announced that it is going to commercialize and launch the manufacture of polybuthylene Adipate-co-Terephthalate (PBAT), an eco-friendly biodegradable plastic material. PBAT is…
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) has invested in GlyTech, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan), a company with leading-edge technologies in the synthesis of glycans, which influence cell metabolism and functional changes. The companies will partner with the aim of establishing biosynthesis processes that…
Hexion Corp. (Columbus, Ohio) announced plans to expand production of epichlorohydrin (ECH) at its Pernis, the Netherlands, manufacturing site, while also leveraging more sustainable technologies when completed. As part of Hexion’s Coating and Composites business unit’s broader investment…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a study to help establish a green hydrogen market in Trinidad and Tobago as part of an ongoing technical cooperation financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Under the terms of…
McPhy Energy S.A. (La Motte Fanjas, France) has been selected as preferred supplier to equip the GreenH2Atlantic project in Sines, Portugal with a 100-MW electrolysis plant. Heads of terms have been negotiated and supply agreement expected to be finalized during…
The recently published books listed here may be relevant to professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI) Waste Heat Recovery in Process Industries. By Hussam Jouhara, Wiley-VCH, 2021, 288 pages, $100.00. Mining Chemicals Handbook. By Solvay Chemicals, Solvay S.A., 2021,…
LiquiSonic OCR (photo) provides precise real-time readings — without sampling — of oil concentrations in refrigeration lines. The determination of the oil concentration is based on pressure, temperature and sonic velocity measurements in the liquid refrigerant. This measuring principle enables…
CREA is an operational intelligence platform that allows management and optimization of integral wastewater treatment processes using real-time data monitoring of key process parameters. CREA provides intelligent decision support, multiple control strategies and automatic reporting on key data analytics and…
The new kytero single-use separator (photo) is designed for obtaining fermentation solutions and cell cultures, and is equipped with the Westfalia Separator disk-stack technology for maximum yield, high separation efficiency and gentle product handling. The kytero combines the high performance…