Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced that it will join the Ecoplanta project, together with Enerkem (Montréal, Québec, Canada) and Grupo Agbar (Barcelona, Spain), to build a waste-to-chemicals plant in Tarragona, Spain. Under the joint venture Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions, the…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Stena Recycling Group, a leading recycler of industrial waste and end of life products, to develop an efficient value chain in Europe for recycling of lithium ion batteries…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology in two separate production lines at a new facility. The process technology will be used for a…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) has announced a strategic partnership with and investment in GreenGasUSA Holdings, LLC (GreenGas), an integrated renewable natural gas (RNG) solutions provider helping customers reduce their environmental impact. Charleston, South Carolina-based GreenGas contracts with agricultural farms,…
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Michelin Group (Clermont-Ferrand, France) for the first industrialization of an innovative plastic recycling process to produce regenerated styrene from polystyrene. The regenerated…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has agreed to acquire Hamatite, the adhesives business of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. Hamatite is a market leader in Japan, offering adhesives and sealants to the automotive and construction industries. The acquisition will significantly strengthen…
Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) announced that, in collaboration with its Korean partner, SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea), an affiliate of SK Group, it has successfully deployed 100 kilowatts of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) powered solely…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has received a contract from SAPREF for its Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Regenerator project at Durban, South Africa. Under the contract, KBR will implement its proprietary Catalyst Regeneration technology that will allow SAPREF to…
Since the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, the operators of chemical plants around the world have had no choice but to slash maintenance budgets as they grapple to adapt to new challenges, including strict social distancing measures put in place…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Atul successfully started production at Anaven, a new joint venture in Gujarat, India, that will help meet the rapidly growing demand in India’s agricultural, personal care and pharmaceutical markets. Anaven is India’s largest monochloroacetic acid…