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Mitsubishi Chemical Group targets EV batteries, semiconductors with pair of expansion projects

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG; Tokyo) has announced two capacity expansions at its production sites in Japan in response to growing demand for semiconductor materials and lithium-ion batteries. In the first project, MCG will increase its production capacity of a…

AGC and CERT Systems enter research partnership to further CO2-to-ethylene conversion

AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) has agreed to a joint research contract with Canada-based climate tech startup company, CERT Systems Inc. (hereafter CERT) to conduct research on the production of ethylene using CO2 as a raw material through electrolysis technology. In this…

Messer Group starts up “green” CO2 plant

Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) has begun operations at a new plant producing green CO2 at its Vrdy site in the Czech Republic. This enables Messer to increase the supply reliability of its customers, for example in the local…

Toray to build gigawatt-class mass-production system for water electrolyzer materials

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has selected the company’s project to build a gigawatt-class mass production system for electrolyte membranes used in water electrolyzer for the Green Transformation Supply Chain Development Support…

Mitsubishi Power Americas and Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association formalize partnership to advance hydrogen hub projects

Mitsubishi Power Americas, through its subsidiary MHI Hydrogen Infrastructure (MHI H2I), announces the recent signing of a subrecipient agreement between the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) and MHI H2I’s Boardman Hydrogen Hub project. The PNWH2 Hub, one of the country’s…

New sustainable aluminum-powder facility using recycled materials to be built in India

Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has announced that its group company, Eckart, has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with India-based sustainable manufacturing firm Runaya. The joint venture is establishing a new facility in Orissa (India), to produce sustainable spherical…

University of California Riverside awarded $1.4-million grant to spur water recycling technology

The University of California (UC) system has awarded a $1.4 million grant to UC Riverside chemical and environmental engineering professor Haizhou Liu and a collaborative team from several UC campuses to combat water scarcity by developing strategies to clean and…

Merck KGaA investing €70 million in new Advanced Materials Development Center in Japan

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany announced that it will invest over €70 million to construct a new Advanced Materials Development Center (AMDC) at its Shizuoka site in Japan. This latest investment brings the company's total investment in the Shizuoka site to…

BP makes final investment decision for green hydrogen project at Lingen refinery

Bp plc (London) has made the final investment decision (FID) for the “Lingen Green Hydrogen” project. The company wants to achieve a significant milestone on the path to the development of green hydrogen on an industrial scale in Germany. Supported…

Vitol acquires majority stake in plastics recycling firm WPU

Vitol B.V. (Geneva, Switzerland) has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S (WPU). On completion, which is subject to certain conditions precedent, Vitol will own 90.36% of the share capital of WPU.…