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HydrogeNext – The event for the emerging H2 economy launches this October in San Antonio, TX

HydrogeNext brings power generation and chemical process management together to collaborate and learn about the fast-paced advances being made toward a hydrogen economy Houston, Texas - July 8, 2021–Experience POWER, POWER, and Chemical Engineering announce the launch of HydrogeNext, their…

Stena to build advanced battery-recycling facility in Sweden

Stena Recycling AB is investing a 250 million SEK ($29 million) in a new battery recycling process. The investment involves a brand new facility in Halmstad, Sweden and will make it possible to recycle 95 percent of a lithium-ion battery,…

BASF to expand mobile-emissions catalysts plant in Chennai

BASF Catalysts India Pvt. Ltd.will expand its mobile emissions catalysts production plant in Chennai, India. This double-digit million Euro investment will nearly double the company’s catalysts production capacity for the heavy-duty on- and off-road segment. The completion of the expansion…

Enterprise acquires ethylene storage business from NOVA Chemicals

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) and NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  announced that a subsidiary of Enterprise has acquired a wholly owned subsidiary of NOVA Chemicals, which operates an ethylene storage business and trading hub in Mont Belvieu, Texas.…

Sasol and IDC formalize partnership to co-develop South Africa’s hydrogen economy

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) have concluded a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to jointly develop and shape an enabling environment to advance South Africa's green hydrogen economy. Underpinning the MOC…

TotalEnergies and Veolia to partner on microalgae-based biofuels project

TotalEnergies and Veolia (both Paris, France) have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to develop a four-year research project at the La Mède biorefinery, operated by TotalEnergies, with…

Mitsubishi Chemical licenses bio-based polyester technology to Kuraray

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) for the patent to a biomass-based polyester technology. The products covered by this license include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which use renewable biomass resources,…

Valmet and Neles announce merger plans

Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland) and Neles Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) announce that their respective Boards of Directors have today signed a combination agreement and a merger plan to combine the two companies through a merger. The Combined Company will be a…

Indorama to build PET recycling plant in West Java, Indonesia

Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced it will build a facility in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia to recycle almost 2 billion plastic bottles a year in support of the government’s plan to reduce ocean debris. The facility, which is…

Maire Tecnimont awarded EPCC contract for IOCL’s new polypropylene plant

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announces that a consortium composed of its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and Mumbai-based Tecnimont Pvt Ltd. has been awarded an EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) Lump-Sum contract by IndianOil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) for…