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PPG completes $15-million expansion at California manufacturing facility

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the completion of a $15-million investment at its Sylmar, California manufacturing facility to expand the development and production of aircraft transparency technologies for military aviation programs, including canopy transparencies for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets. As…

Johnson Matthey and Kebotix in partnership for AI-enabled R&D projects

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Kebotix, a U.S.-based technology platform company for new chemicals and materials, announced an agreement to explore developing the next generation of coatings for catalytic converters. The project will support JM’s digital strategy, and help…

Eni and BASF to collaborate on development of bio-based propanol

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have signed a strategic agreement on a joint R&D initiative to reduce the CO2 footprint of the transportation sector. The cooperation aims to develop a new technology to produce advanced bio-propanol…

Honeywell UOP awarded propylene technology contract from Sibur subsidiary

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced OOO ZapSibNeftekhim, a subsidiary of PJSC Sibur Holding, will revamp one of its facilities in western Siberia that uses Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex technology to increase propylene production. The revamp will enable the Russian…

Evonik acquires Germany-based biotech company JeNaCell

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has acquired German biotech company JeNaCell. The acquisition expands Evonik’s biomaterials portfolio to provide biotechnologically derived cellulose. The nature-identical material developed by JeNaCell is used in medical technology and dermatology for the treatment of wounds…

Lummus Novolen Technology and Chevron Lummus Global announce multiple technology awards in China

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) announced multiple technology contracts from North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for a grassroots refinery and petrochemical complex in Liaoning Province, China. The complex will include one of the largest vacuum…

ALPLA acquires packaging manufacturer in South Africa

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) has acquired South African packaging manufacturer Verigreen Packaging, which is based in Durban. The company specializes in bottles and canisters for lubricants. such as engine oils.  “This acquisition is the perfect fit for our strategy,” explains…

BP enters partnership with Center for Hydrogen Safety

The Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS) — a technical community within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a global organization leading the safe advancement of hydrogen as the next-generation fuel — has announced a partnership with energy giant…

Phillips 66 to provide hydrogen-containing fuel gas to Linden Cogen

Linden Cogeneration (Linden, N.J.) and Phillips 66 (Houston) have reached an agreement for Linden Cogen to take hydrogen-containing fuel gas produced at the Bayway Refinery, and blend it with natural gas used to fuel the 172MW F-class Linden Cogen unit…

Aker BioMarine and GEA to design the world’s first krill-protein pilot plant

On behalf of Aker BioMarine (Oslo, Norway), GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has been contracted to design and deliver the world’s first pilot plant for hydrolyzing krill protein. The client is a biotechnology company based in Norway that fishes for…