Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, has been selected as technology provider by Sandpiper Chemicals LLC, for their new blue methanol plant in Texas City, Texas. Topsoe will license…
Green Carbon Development, led by Process Technical Services (PTS; Houston, Tex.; www.processtechnicalservices.com), an established technical services provider to the refining and process industries, announced today that it has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) Vegan® technology for its upcoming renewable fuels…
INEOS (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has today confirmed its intention to shut two production units in Rheinberg, Germany, with the loss of 175 jobs. The proposed closures are the direct result of crippling energy and carbon costs, and a lack of…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced a shipment of certified low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana, facility. Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry, purchased the ammonia for shipment to Envalior (Düsseldorf, Germany), which intends to use…
Integra Plastics AD, Bulgaria, a member of the Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria), is converting its production facility to produce polypropylene starting in October 2025. The upgrade includes the installation of Borealis' proprietary Borcycle™ M mechanical recycling technology, enabling Integra to…
QuantumScape Corporation and Corning Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop ceramic separator manufacturing capabilities for QS solid-state batteries. The companies will work together toward the goal of high-volume production of QS’s ceramic separators for commercial applications. Combining QS and…
Southern Ionics (West Point, Miss.) will invest in its Tuscaloosa, Ala. sulfur chemicals manufacturing facility to expand production capacity, make infrastructure improvements and add sodium metabisulfite production. "We are pleased to make this investment and look forward to growing our…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded two engineering services contracts by Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) for the development of the Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions (Ecoplanta) project, a first-of-a-kind waste-to-methanol facility to be built in El Morell, near Tarragona, Spain. The…
LyondellBasell Industries B.V. (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the expansion of its Purell portfolio in North America. Purell medical-grade polyolefins are used by healthcare and pharmaceutical companies across Europe. With this expansion, LYB brings its proven service model, regulatory compliance and innovation-driven…
At this year's K 2025, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and its cooperation partners will be presenting two pioneering technologies that enable the recycling of polyamides from end-of-life vehicles. While the recovery of metals from decommissioned vehicles has been successfully practiced…