Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio) and ADM (Chicago) announced the closing of their joint venture to produce soybean oil to supply the rapidly growing demand for renewable diesel fuel. The joint venture, which is named Green Bison Soy Processing, LLC,…
BioAccelergy Ventures (Houston) has signed a joint-development agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (ExxonMobil) to progress development of a new bio-base stock for lubricants manufacturing from seed and vegetable oil. The multi-year agreement aims to demonstrate the feasibility of producing…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has signed a global collaboration agreement with Microsoft to develop a suite of innovative digital tools for facilitating service and maintenance of Alfa Laval plate heat exchangers. By using data intelligence and AI, the services…
Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) announced plans to expand its propylene business with a final investment decision for a new C3 splitter unit. The unit’s location will be in Baytown, Texas, within the company’s Cedar Bayou…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced that five of its largest manufacturing sites in Freeport, Texas (USA), Tarragona (Spain), Terneuzen (Netherlands), Boehlen (Germany) and Schkopau (Germany) have received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition for their compliance with rigorous tracking…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has announced the project to double its UV curable resins production capacity at its Nansha plant in China. This expansion will support the fast-growing demand in Asia for cutting-edge solutions in electronics, driven by 5G technology,…
Anellotech (Pearl River, N.Y.) has produced 100% bio-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET), starting with bio-based p-Xylene using the company’s Bio-TCat technology through the subsequent downstream separation, purification, intermediate PTA (purified terephthalic acid) and final PET steps. This was the last milestone…
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. and BASF New Business GmbH recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement aims to develop and increase the manufacturing scale of advanced fuel cell membranes designed for long-term operations under extreme conditions. BASF intends…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) is opening a new technology center and manufacturing plant for high-quality adhesives and sealants in Pune, a city in the federal state of Maharashtra. Developments at the new R&D laboratories and the production in the new…
Svante, Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) and Kiewit Energy Group Inc. have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic alliance to pursue industrial carbon capture projects under development by industrial carbon emitter clients in the U.S. and…