Listen to the latest episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, where I interview Anne-Marie Walters, industry marketing director for the process industries at Bentley Systems, about the use and impact of digital twins at chemical process industries (CPI) facilities. Digital…
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp., Toshiba Corp., Toyo Engineering Corp., Idemitsu Kosan Co., All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) and Japan CCS Co. have reached an agreement to begin reviewing recycling business models for reuse of CO2 from sources such…
Aker Carbon Capture (Lysaker, Norway) and MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) have signed a technology-cooperation agreement to develop energy-efficient compression solutions for carbon capture and storage (CCS) applications with heat recovery. The agreement supports the companies’ joint target to reduce…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Kaijin Blue Sky Energy (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., has selected LyondellBasell’s leading polypropylene (PP) technology for a new world-scale facility. The facility will include a 600,000-ton/yr polypropylene plant using LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology as well as…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has completed and opened a new production workshop in Shanghai, China, dedicated to the development and manufacturing of specialized silicones for hybrid and electric vehicles. This move further strengthens Elkem’s position as the largest silicones producer in…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has expanded its capacity for black synthetic iron-oxide pigments at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site by more than 5,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). “The increased demand from the construction industry, in particular for our unique black pigments…
Johnson Matthey (JM; London, U.K.) has secured a multiple licence win for China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group’s latest project to develop five of the largest single-train methanol plants in the world. Located at Baofeng’s Ordos City complex in Inner Mongolia,…
Climeworks (Zurich, Switzerland) continues to make large-scale carbon dioxide removal a reality. “Orca” is the name of Climeworks’ new direct air capture plant in Iceland. It will take carbon dioxide removal to the next level: it combines Climeworks' direct air…
On 27 November 2020, the shareholders' meeting of the Netzsch Group (Waldkraiburg, Germany) approved the centralization of the facilities in Waldkraiburg. With an investment of €50 million, a new production unit will be built on Geretsrieder Straße, integrating the assembly…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) today announced that it is making good progress with the construction of its sunliquid cellulosic-ethanol production plant in Podari, in the southwestern part of Romania. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present a challenging situation, Clariant’s team…