Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) and NextPharma announced an agreement for the potential sale of Lonza's Ploermel (France) and Edinburgh (U.K.) sites. The agreement is subject to relevant conditions and regulatory approvals. Where applicable, both parties will consult with local Works…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announced an investment in CMC (Crackless Monomer Company), a joint venture between Bostik and Taiwanese company Cartell Chemical Co, a leading supplier of cyanoacrylate solutions, to accelerate the development and production of high value-added engineering adhesives.…
thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH's (Dortmund, Germany) Green Hydrogen product division has been awarded an engineering contract in order to install an 88 MW water electrolysis plant for Canadian energy company Hydro-Québec after successfully completing a feasibility study. Hydro-Québec, a…
Essar Oil U.K. Ltd., which operates one of the leading downstream energy businesses in the U.K., and Progressive Energy Ltd., developers of HyNet North West, the UK’s leading industrial decarbonization cluster, have joined forces to set up a venture to…
Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy announced that they are joining forces combining their ongoing wind-to-hydrogen developments to address one of the major challenges of our decade — decarbonizing the economy to solve the climate crisis. The companies are contributing with…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with Mura Technology Limited to offer Cat-HTR, an innovative advanced plastics recycling process. Cat-HTR is a sustainability-focused, innovative technology that recycles end-of-life plastic such as thin plastic packaging, which…
Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced a Series C investment in San Jose-based Blue Planet Systems Corp., a startup that manufactures and develops carbonate aggregates and carbon capture technology intended to reduce the carbon intensity of industrial operations. Chevron Technology…
Chilean oil refiner ENAP Refinerías S.A. has selected BELCO scrubbing technology, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont; Wilmington, Del.), to improve emissions control from its 31,449 BPSD fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at the Aconcagua refinery. This new BELCO wet scrubber will…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) is expanding its capabilities as a manufacturer of biocides and antimicrobials by acquiring French company INTACE SAS. The Paris-based biocide company is a manufacturer of specialty fungicides for the packaging industry. This follows Lanxess' acquisition of…
Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; formerly PolyOne) will complete an expansion of existing production capabilities for color concentrates at its Binh Duong site in Vietnam by next month. The move will improve speed-to-market and service level for local customers seeking unique…