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Italian utility Snam invests in electrolyzer manufacturer ITM Power

Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) signed a partnership agreement with ITM Power Plc (Sheffield, U.K.), a company that is among the largest global producers of electrolyzers, essential components in obtaining hydrogen from renewable sources through the electrolysis of water. The agreement…

Granulating High Viscous Melts in the Food Industry

Ulrich Nanz, Sales and Marketing Director at industrial process solutions company IPCO, describes the particular issues involved in granulating high viscous melts used by the food industry and explains how Rotoform technology has been tailored to overcome these challenges. Food…

IFPEN launches carbon-capture pilot with partners ArcelorMittal and Total

The four-year Dinamx “Demonstration and innovative applications of the DMX process” project has been launched by partners IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN; Rueil-Malmaison, France), Total Refining & Chemicals and ArcelorMittal France. Coordinated by Axens, the objective is to demonstrate the DMX…

Preem begins conversion of Lysekil refinery for renewable-fuels production

Swedish energy and biofuels producer Preem AB (Stockholm, Sweden) has begun a major conversion project at its petroleum refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, which will rebuild the Lysekil refinery to become Scandinavia's largest producer of renewable fuels. In the latest update…

Celanese to add new production line for UHMW-PE at Bishop, Texas site

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), announced the addition of a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) production line at its Bishop, Texas manufacturing facility to support the significant growth in its high-value GUR engineered materials portfolio.  “Electric vehicle demand is…

MAN Energy Solutions to lead Danish consortium developing ammonia-fueled engine

Innovation Fund Denmark, the Danish investment entity, has announced the establishment of a consortium to develop a two-stroke, ammonia-fuelled engine for maritime shipping. It aims to specify and demonstrate an entire, marine-propulsion system that will pave the way for the…

Repsol to build Spain’s first advanced biofuels plant

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) will build the first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. From this new facility, the multi-energy company, committed to the circular economy as a tool for efficient resource use and emissions…

Vattenfall and Aker Carbon Capture sign MoU for bio-CCS projects

Vattenfall AB (Stockholm, Sweden) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aker Carbon Capture (Lysaker, Norway) to accelerate the evaluation of future carbon capture plants in Sweden and Northern Europe. The agreement will support Vattenfall´s ambitions to achieve negative…

Lonza invests $93 million in production expansion

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzlerand) announced a CHF 85 million (~$93 million USD) investment in its Capsules and Health Ingredients (CHI) Division, a dosage-form delivery partner to the biopharma and health nutrition industry. The investment will enable the company to expand…

The influence of IIoT in the dewatering process step of pigment production

Color pigments are among the most complex end products in the chemical industry because fine grinding of the pigments makes very high demands on the machine technology used when processing them. Finest and absolutely spatter-free end grain sizes, batch and…