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Teijin to convert plastic bottles into polyester at new recycling site in Thailand

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced that its core base for polyester fiber manufacturing, Teijin Polyester (Thailand) Limited (TPL), will launch a facility to convert used domestically-produced plastic bottles into recycled polyester chips…

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on CO2-to-methanol projects

Carbon Recycling International (CRI; Reykjavík, Iceland) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) have agreed on a long term exclusive catalyst supply agreement for the use of JM’s KATALCO methanol catalysts in CRI’s Emissions-To-Liquids (ETL) designed CO2 to methanol plants. This…

Clariant and Lummus win PDH technology contract from GAIL

Lummus Technology (Houston), and its catalysts partner, Clariant Catalyts, announced another major contract award in India that will expand their global share of the PDH market. GAIL (India) Limited has selected Lummus Technology's CATOFIN process and Clariant's tailor-made catalysts for…

Teijin to more than double carbon-fiber prepreg production capacity in the U.S.

Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) announced that its carbon fiber subsidiary Renegade Materials Corp., a leading U.S.-based supplier of highly heat-resistant thermoset prepregs, resins and adhesives for the aerospace industry, will expand its prepreg production approximately 2.5-fold. The increased capacity, which aligns…

McDermott awarded contract for GCC ethylene cracker in Russia

McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has signed a Letter of Guarantee to deliver engineering and procurement for the ethylene cracker of the Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project—the largest polyethylene integration project in the world—with China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corp.…

Inovyn to build 100-MW electrolyzer for green H2 in Germany

Ineos Enterprises (London, U.K.), through its subsidiary Inovyn (London, U.K.), announced plans to build a large-scale, 100MW electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen at the Koln site in Germany. As a first step of the project, INEOS will produce green hydrogen…

Johnson Matthey announces research project aimed at catalytic reduction of dairy methane emissions

A new collaboration between scientists, engineers, industry and farming experts hopes to demonstrate how clever technology can reduce the powerful greenhouse gases released by livestock to help agriculture reach carbon emissions targets.  Methane, released when livestock belch and pass wind,…

NextChem and Acciaierie d’Italia leading feasibility study for steel mill decarbonization

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem and Acciaierie d'Italia, Italy’s largest steel company, jointly owned by Arcelor Mittal and Invitalia, have reached an agreement for a feasibility study to use circular gas (syngas) in the Taranto steel mill. This circular gas…

Haldor Topsoe to provide blue ammonia technology for Air Products’ new clean energy complex

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) will deliver Blue Ammonia technology for Air Products’ landmark $4.5 billion clean energy complex in Louisiana. Air Products’ megaproject, which will produce over 750 million standard cubic feet per day of blue hydrogen. A portion…

Technip Energies and Shell announce pilot project for Cansolv CO2-capture system

Technip Energies (Paris) and Shell Catalysts & Technologies announced that their jointly developed improvements on the Cansolv CO2 Capture technology are being tested in a pilot plant campaign at Fortum Oslo Varme’s Waste to Energy plant. In response to the…