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thyssenkrupp Steel and TSR to test recycling of scrap materials in blast furnace

Recycling company TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG and thyssenkrupp Steel will enter into cooperation based on an innovative production process developed by TSR, in which a high-quality recycling product is made from common recovered scrap. The process is to…

Industrial AI specialist Flutura and TechnipFMC in strategic digitalization partnership

Flutura Business Solutions LLC (Houston), an Industrial IoT Intelligence provider, announced a multi-year agreement with TechnipFMC (Surface Division), a leading technology provider to the traditional and new energy industries, delivering fully integrated projects, products, and services. This agreement is the…

2021 CEPCI Updates: March (prelim.) and February (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2021 (the most recent available) indicates another large monthly rise, the sixth consecutive monthly increase. Similar to the story in February, the large uptick in March is linked…

Global Bioenergies scales up bio-based isobutene production

Global Bioenergies (Evry, France) has taken a major step towards scaling up its isobutene bio-production process and is setting up a new supply chain to sell high value-added ingredients to cosmetics sector players from 2022. Global Bioenergies recently announced the…

DuPont invests in capacity growth at manufacturing sites in Germany and Switzerland

DuPont Mobility & Materials announced it is investing $5 million in capital and operating resources at its manufacturing facilities in Germany and Switzerland to increase capacity for its high-performance automotive adhesives. The investment will expand capacity to support growing demand…

DOE announces $35 million in funding to support biofuels scaleup

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding that will help slash carbon emissions and scale up the volume and efficiency of renewable biofuel. The 15 awarded research projects are housed at colleges, universities, and labs across…

FTC’s Invicta filtration technology wins AFS honor

Filtration Technology Corp.’s (FTC; Houston) Invicta technology has been awarded 2020 New Product of the Year by the American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) during their annual conference, FiltCon 2o21. As described in the conference, Invicta technology is a novel…

Saint-Gobain to acquire Romanian adhesives specialist Duraziv

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Duraziv, a Romanian group specialized in the production of adhesives and other value-added construction chemicals solutions. This acquisition will allow Saint-Gobain to expand its range of interior and exterior…

Hexcel to build advanced composites center in Utah

Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.) plans to build a flagship Center of Excellence for Research & Technology (R&T) to support next-generation developments in advanced composites technologies in Utah, adding up to 150 new high-paying jobs in the next 12 years. “We…

Veolia and Suez approve agreement to combine

Veolia Environnement SA and Suez (Both Paris, France) announced that they have signed a Combination Agreement, confirming the terms of the agreement in principle to merge concluded on 11 April, following approval by their respective Boards of Directors. This agreement:…