Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) announced a $23-million investment in its North American manufacturing facilities. This major investment will provide new equipment and a series of improvements that will support additional production of Dial liquid hand soap and…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Snam (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start working together on new energy transition technologies, from green hydrogen to capturing and reusing CO2, with the aim of fighting…
Xodus Group Ltd. has been selected by Infinite Blue Energy (IBE) Group to carry out initial phase one work for Australia’s first large-scale 100% green hydrogen plant. The $300-million Arrowsmith Hydrogen Project secured investment earlier this year. Located 320km north…
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.), a leading synthetic biotechnology company, announced that it has successfully scaled up the commercial production of Cannabigerol (CBG) leveraging its industrial fermentation process capability. Amyris expects to deliver about one ton of high purity CBG through…
MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) announced a $65 million expansion of its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient (HPAPI) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) manufacturing capabilities and capacity at its facility near Madison, Wisconsin. This investment will allow large-scale manufacturing of increasingly potent compounds that…
Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ont., Canada) has been selected by Chemetry Corp. (Moss Landing, Calif.) to provide detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and factory testing of a modular demonstration plant based on Chemetry's technology to produce Ethylene Dichloride (EDC). Zeton and Chemetry…
Momentive Performance Materials (Waterford, N.Y.) is investing $15 million in expanded electronic materials production in its Waterford, New York, facility. There is growing demand across aerospace, 5G telecom, automotive electronics, and other markets for the company’s silicone products. This immediate…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has joined the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration established by The Recycling Partnership to improve polypropylene (PP) recovery and recycling in the United States. Milliken will help fund the coalition’s efforts to enhance the…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Veolia (Paris, France) announced a new circular economy consortium to offer new solutions that promise better resource efficiency for critical metals used in lithium ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. With the number of electric vehicles…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has decided to invest in a new biocarbon pilot plant in Canada. The project aims to secure industrial verification of Elkem’s technology for renewable biocarbon, with a long-term goal of contributing to climate-neutral metal production. The technology…