LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced a partnership with an innovative Korean startup Innerbottle to create a “Plastic Eco-Platform” which will enable complete recycling of plastic cosmetic containers. Innerbottle offers sustainable eco-friendly packaging solutions, with more than 50 intellectual…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.) has completed its project to bring the company’s most advanced adiponitrile (ADN) technology to its site in Victoria, Texas, on schedule, as part of the site’s regularly planned maintenance turnaround. The site will manage a controlled start-up…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has completed the first phase of the construction of its planned 25-MW electrolysis hydrogen plants in the Tainan Technology Industrial Park in Taiwan. These plants will provide ultra-high purity hydrogen to the semiconductor industry as well…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) and Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, Wash.) have renewed their strategic collaboration focused on accelerating Repsol’s digital transformation and the global energy transition. The companies will co-innovate to build new AI-powered digital solutions, and as part of a…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Lotte GS Chemical Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) will use Honeywell UOP Q-Max, Phenol 3G, and Evonik MSHP technologies to produce more than 565,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of phenol and acetone at its petrochemicals…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) have announced the successful start-up of ISO C4 plant for direct production of high-purity isobutene at the Burghausen site. The plant is based on a novel technology developed jointly by the…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), through its subsidiaries NextChem, Stamicarbon and MET Development (MET DEV), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Adani Enterprises Ltd. (AEL) to explore the development of industrial projects using NextChem and Stamicarbon’s technologies and…
Clariant Catalysts (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) has opened a new, state-of-the-art R&D center at its “One Clariant Campus” (OCC) in Shanghai. This R&D Center is integrated into the brand new Clariant Innovation Center China within the One Clariant Campus, and will…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) has announced that its new BTU (Biomass Treatment Unit) plant has begun production and was tested a few days ago. It will enable the Eni biorefinery in Gela, Sicily to use up to 100% of the…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Sibanye-Stillwater, a leading international precious metals mining group, have formed a strategic partnership to identify and develop solutions to drive decarbonization and the more efficient use of critical metals, such as platinum group metals…