Cognite (Oslo, Norway), a global industrial AI software company, and Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland), a global engineering and consulting company, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will accelerate industrial transformation by creating artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that enable more…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company and a leader in the production and marketing of elastomers, and AGR, company that owns technology for the devulcanization of post-consumer elastomers, have signed an agreement to develop technological innovations and new…
Phillips 66 (Houston) announced that its Humber Refinery in the U.K. recently welcomed the latest addition to its growing renewable fuels infrastructure: a massive processing unit that will convert used cooking oil into low-carbon fuel. “We are pleased to take…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.) signed a first-of-its-kind deal with Aquafil S.p.A. (Arco, Italy) to build a demonstration-scale facility to produce the largest quantity of 100% renewable nylon-6 ever available. Responding to surging consumer interest in sustainable products, the material will…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) further expands its production capacity in the United Arab Emirates with the commissioning of a new manufacturing facility in Dubai. In addition to concrete admixtures, epoxy resins are now being produced locally for the Target Market…
Air Liquide (Paris) has announced the construction of its first two biomethane production units in collaboration with its local partner Dentro il Sole (DIS). These two units will be built in Truccazzano (Milan) and Fontanella (Bergamo) in Italy, recycling organic…
SUEZ (Paris, France) and bp plc (London) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the feasibility of the U.K.’s first carbon capture and storage project from energy-from-waste. The Net Zero Teesside Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) project plans…
Nexus Fuels LLC (Atlanta, Ga.; www.nexusfuels.com) and Shell (Houston, Tex.; www.shell.com/chemicals) today announced a supply agreement, for 60,000 tonnes over four years, of pyrolysis liquid made from plastic waste, which is then converted into chemical products. Nexus, a leader in…
OMV Petrom SA (Bucharest, Romania), the largest energy company in Southeastern Europe, has invested approximately €21 million at its Petrobrazi refinery in order to increase the bio-blending capacity and to improve the infrastructure for the transport, unloading and storage of…
Samsung Biologics (Incheon, South Korea) officially began construction of its Plant 4 in Incheon, South Korea. Dubbed the “Super Plant,” the new, multi-story 238,000-square-meter construction will be the world’s largest biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility of its kind boasting 256,000 liters total…