DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Waterise to provide seawater reverse osmosis (RO) membranes and expertise to the company’s subsea desalination plants. Waterise is a Norwegian company with a groundbreaking and ready to go…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) today announces that Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) selected its Polynaphtha oligomerization technology for its Net-Zero 1 project in Preston, South Dakota. Axens scope will include technology license, basic engineering, and catalyst supply for the conversion of renewable…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) will invest in a manufacturing facility producing highly efficient solid oxide electrolyzers (SOEC) with a total capacity of 500 MW per year with the option to expand to 5 GW/yr. With efficiencies above 90%, Topsoe’s…
Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) has announced that its technology will be used to boost capacity at one of IFFCO’s (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd.) fertilizer complexes. The site in Kandla, Gujarat produces phosphates and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) fertilizer.…
Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is launching a multi-faceted initiative to substantially increase its capacity for producing lactic acid and lactic-acid derivatives ahead of its previously announced major expansion in Thailand scheduled for 2023. The global initiative, involving capital expenditures at four existing Corbion facilities to maximize efficiencies and leverage synergies, is expected to produce a combined additional output roughly equivalent…
North American composites supplier Composites One (Schaumburg, Ill.) has completed its purchase of the Process Materials business from Solvay S.A.’s (Brussels, Belgium) Composites Materials Global Business. The acquisition is a unique opportunity for the company to add international manufacturing and…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) increased its presence in Kazakhstan through its 75% owned joint venture Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases (ALMTG). The joint venture will invest up to €86 million to acquire hydrogen and nitrogen production units from Atyrau…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) signed an agreement to divest its Salt Specialties business, including brands such as JOZO, NEZO, Suprasel, Sanal, and KNZ to the Salins Group, an international salt company headquartered in France. The closing of this transaction is…
Hexpol AB (Malmö, Sweden) acquired 100% of VICOM 2002 S.L., a Spanish polymer compounder active in the wire and cable product sector. VICOM's turnover in 2020 amounted to around 30 million EUR. The company employs some 30 people in its…
Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of Lukoil (Moscow, Russia), will use a range of Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) process technologies at its Kstovo refinery to produce cleaner-burning high-octane fuels that comply with Euro-V and Class 5 standards in Russia. UOP will provide…