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AkzoNobel to use BASF’s biomass-balanced ingredients for lower-carbon paint production

AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is purchasing significantly reduced carbon footprint raw materials from BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) for its decorative paints production in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), demonstrating the shared commitment of both companies to drive down…

BASF partners with Plug Power on hydrogen purification technology

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the signing of a Cooperation Agreement with Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.), positioning BASF’s advanced DeOxo catalysts as an offer within Plug Power’s hydrogen liquefaction plants globally to enhance their market offerings, improving reliability and…

Elcogen and Casale to collaborate on green ammonia and other Power-to-X projects

Elcogen AS (Talinn, Estonia) announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Casale S.A. (Lugano, Switzerland). This is a non-exclusive Memorandum that will enable the parties to collaborate on green ammonia and other Power-to-X (P2X) projects.…

MSSA doubles production capacity for sodium methylate in La Rochelle, France

MSSA (Saint Marcel, France), a global leader in the sodium and lithium metal market and a subsidiary of the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), announced the expansion of its sodium methylate production unit at its La Rochelle site. The strategic…

BASF’s carbon capture gas-treatment technology selected at Taiwan power plant

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has signed a license agreement with Carbon Cap Applications Technology Co. (CCAT) to provide its OASE blue gas treatment technology for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the Taichung Power Plant Carbon Reduction Technology…

Johnson Matthey partners with SunGas Renewables on new US biomethanol plant

SunGas Renewables (Houston) has selected Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) as a technology partner for its flagship project – Beaver Lake Renewable Energy – a biomethanol plant planned in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The plant will be an investment of more…

BASF’s Intermediates division converts full European amines portfolio to renewable electricity

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Intermediates division, one of the world’s largest amines producers, is taking the next step towards more sustainability by converting its entire European amines portfolio to 100% renewable electricity. The transition starts in May…

Datacor acquires LIMS and QC specialist Baytek International

Datacor, Inc.(Florham Park, N.J.), a leading provider of process manufacturing, engineering and chemical distribution software, announces the acquisition of Baytek International (Corpus Christi, Tex.), a provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Quality Control (QC) software. This acquisition expands…

KBR and Hazer enter global partnership to accelerate hydrogen production via methane pyrolysis

Hazer Group Ltd. (Perth, Australia) has entered into a binding Alliance Agreement with KBR, Inc. (Houston)  for the commercial deployment and licensing of Hazer’s proprietary methane pyrolysis technology. Methane pyrolysis is also colloquially known as "turquoise hydrogen" and is an…

BioMADE and Lygos to accelerate multi-user pilot biomanufacturing facility in California

BioMADE announced an agreement with Lygos, Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.) to transition its pilot-scale biomanufacturing infrastructure into a nationally available, multi-user facility. BioMADE will independently operate the pilot-scale facility as the second announced site in its national network of bioindustrial manufacturing…