This line of interface modules (photo) are used to simplify and improve reliability of automation connections and signal conversions. When creating automation systems using major PLC brands, designers are challenged to connect an ever-increasing number of equipment signals to the…
This company’s new line of anti-slip access platforms are used to reach elevated process equipment safely, eliminating the need for ladders, scissor lifts and forklift cages. The modular system includes braced frames which can be bolted to the floor, 48…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) has announced the expansion of Meta-xylenediamine (MXDA) production in Europe. MGC is expanding its production capacity of MXDA to meet the market growth in the epoxy, polyamide and isocyanate sector. MGC will be…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) signed an agreement to purchase high-pressure steam generated from natural gas. The agreement allows LyondellBasell to phase out coal from its power plant in Wesseling, Germany, by December 2023. …
McDermott International Inc. has joined AquaVentus, a growing consortium of more than 70 companies, organizations and research institutions collaborating toward green hydrogen energy production in the North Sea. AquaVentus unites international industry leaders with a shared vision for advancing hydrogen's…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that its subsidiary, Albemarle Lithium UK Limited, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity of Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. (Tianyuan), a lithium converter located in Guangxi, China.…
Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has successfully achieved startup and production of renewable natural gas (RNG) at its first US biomethane facility, Shell New Energies Junction City in Oregon. The facility utilizes locally sourced…
Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have worked together to evaluate, de-risk, and deploy BASF’s Sorbead Adsorption Technology for pre- and post-combustion Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) applications. The Sorbead Adsorption Technology is used…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a process that encompasses upgrading ethanol and bio-based alcohols into drop-in, bio-based diesel and jet-fuel products. The USPTO has…
ArcelorMittal Belgium will reduce CO2 emissions by 3.9 million tons per year by 2030, by building a 2.5 million-ton direct reduced iron (DRI) plant and two electric furnaces at its Gent site, to operate alongside its state-of-the-art blast furnace that…