ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) has acquired South African packaging manufacturer Verigreen Packaging, which is based in Durban. The company specializes in bottles and canisters for lubricants. such as engine oils. “This acquisition is the perfect fit for our strategy,” explains…
The Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS) — a technical community within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a global organization leading the safe advancement of hydrogen as the next-generation fuel — has announced a partnership with energy giant…
Linden Cogeneration (Linden, N.J.) and Phillips 66 (Houston) have reached an agreement for Linden Cogen to take hydrogen-containing fuel gas produced at the Bayway Refinery, and blend it with natural gas used to fuel the 172MW F-class Linden Cogen unit…
On behalf of Aker BioMarine (Oslo, Norway), GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has been contracted to design and deliver the world’s first pilot plant for hydrolyzing krill protein. The client is a biotechnology company based in Norway that fishes for…
LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) has announced that its Project DRAGON, which stands for Decarbonizing and Reimagining Aviation for the Goal Of Netzero, will undertake the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of a facility in Port Talbot, South Wales, that will produce over…
Johnson Matthey plc (London, U.K.) announced its acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of Oxis Energy Limited, based near Oxford, UK. Oxis Energy was a lithium-sulfur battery developer with assets which can be adapted for the manufacture of components…
Haltermann Carless (Frankfurt, Germany), a company of the HCS Group GmbH, and a leading supplier of high-value hydrocarbon solutions, will become the world's largest producer of Cyclopentane and Cyclopentane blends following the completion of its new hydrogenation plant at the…
Modern temperature instrumentation simplifies technician access, calibration, and SIL procedures. By Keith Riley, Endress+Hauser As temperature instrument technology has matured, there is less focus on the actual measured value and more on added value. Accuracy and stability are considered basic…
This company has introduced what is said to be industry’s first explosion-proof electric-actuated stainless-steel two-piece V-ball packages. They are available in sizes½ to 2 in. NPT. The new M8E700076V36-V6-V9 series electric actuated V-ball valve (photo) is said to offer precise…
Detailed plans for handling hazardous materials should be a central part of any chemical plant’s disaster preparedness plan Over the past year, many chemical facilities managed to overcome extreme circumstances. One instance of an extreme event was the winter storm…