Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey green hydrogen solutions. Under the MoU the companies will develop a roadmap to accelerate the joint development of high-performance electrolyzer…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has inaugurated a new plant for the production of advanced solutions for the construction market in Singapore and Malaysia. The new plant is located in the State of Johor, in the south of Malaysia. The new installation,…
Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands), has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and P.M.I.…
Maire Tecnimont Group’s innovation and license company Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands) and Russian chemical company Shchekinoazot will team up to jointly explore, develop and implement green technologies at Shchekinoazot’s existing and new enterprises in the Russian Federation, with the…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for its butadiene extraction (BDE) technology from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co., Ltd. (KPIC). The BDE unit will be part of KPIC's Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. "With this award, KPIC is…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded two contracts by Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) for work on the development of their renewables production platform in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of the existing Partnership Agreement between Neste and Technip Energies. The…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has announced an investment of approximately €25 million in its plasterboard plant in Fredrikstad, Norway, to increase its production capacity by about 40% and transform it to make it the world's first carbon-neutral plasterboard plant. This investment…
Arkema SA (Colombes, France) plans to acquire Agiplast, a company specialized in the regeneration of high-performance polymers and its historical partner in recycling operations. The company, with annual sales of around €15 million, operates a plant in Italy and has…
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) recently awarded The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) $1 million to develop enhanced membranes for heavy-duty fuel cell…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has revamped Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) renewable hydrotreater unit at their refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden. The hydrotreater is now able to co-process 85% renewable feedstock utilizing Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The unit has a capacity of…