Invista (Wichita, Kan.) announced it would continue hexamethylene diamine (HMD) production at its site in Orange, Texas. “Since last year’s announcement regarding ending adiponitrile (ADN) and HMD operations at our Orange site, multiple circumstances have changed, including the Orange site’s…
In petrochemical, oil and gas, and refinery settings, safety is paramount. Many chemicals, fluids and gases used in the energy industry are extremely toxic or flammable and contact with them can result in burns, incapacitation or even death. In normal…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has opened a state-of-the-art DRI (direct reduced iron) Smelting Furnace pilot facility in Pori, Finland. The new facility, opened on October 25, 2024, will allow customer-specific pilot-scale testing to demonstrate the applicability and results of industrial-scale…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Enerkem Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada) have signed a Collaboration Agreement, solidifying their commitment to accelerate the deployment of Enerkem’s technology converting non-recyclable waste and residues into sustainable fuels and circular chemical products. Enerkem’s groundbreaking gasification technology…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed agreements to de-captivate two air separation units (ASUs) and expand its existing supply of industrial gases to Tata Steel Ltd. in Odisha, India. Linde already supplies industrial gases from its existing…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor by 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). This increase is aimed at meeting the growing market demand for the…
A consortium comprised of Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza García, Mexico) and Linde (Guildford, U.K.) has been selected to receive €157 million in funding from the E.U. Innovation Fund for a pioneering CO2 capture project at Cemex’s Rüdersdorf…
Verdagy (Moss Landing, Calif.) announced the grand opening of the first Department of Energy (DOE)-supported electrolyzer manufacturing facility in the United States. The facility is in Newark, California and features more than 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space with the…
Mercedes-Benz opened Europe's first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process making it the first car manufacturer worldwide to close the battery recycling loop with its own in-house facility. The recycling plant in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, creates a genuine…
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI; San Antonio, Tex.) broke ground on a new 21,000-square-foot Clinical Supply Facility to support government and industry clients with integrated pharmaceutical and bioengineering research and development. “The new facility expands our bioengineering laboratory footprint and adds…