Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has joined the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration established by The Recycling Partnership to improve polypropylene (PP) recovery and recycling in the United States. Milliken will help fund the coalition’s efforts to enhance the…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Veolia (Paris, France) announced a new circular economy consortium to offer new solutions that promise better resource efficiency for critical metals used in lithium ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. With the number of electric vehicles…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has decided to invest in a new biocarbon pilot plant in Canada. The project aims to secure industrial verification of Elkem’s technology for renewable biocarbon, with a long-term goal of contributing to climate-neutral metal production. The technology…
WHITE PAPER — Hydrofluoric acid alkylation (HFU) unit optimization: The use of robust pre-calibrated on-line analyzer technology for the measurement of HF acid purity This white paper aims to illustrate how the fast response times and excellent repeatability of an…
ICIS (London, U.K.; www.icis.com) has announced its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies listing of global producers ranked by 2019 sales. This year, Germany’s BASF SE (Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com) regained the lead as the world’s largest chemical company with sales of…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that it has been awarded a long-term onsite contract from a global leader in memory and storage solutions to supply its state-of-the-art new facility in Penang, North Malaysia. The latest win will further strengthen…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the successful startup of its MoReTec molecular recycling facility at its Ferrara, Italy, site. LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec advanced recycling technology aims to return post-consumer plastic waste to its molecular form for use as a feedstock…
As in every application in the chemicals industry, there is no room for compromise when it comes to petrochemical and polymer production. Not just in terms of safety and product purity, but also when it comes to non-stop performance. This…
Wind energy provider Siemens Gamesa (Zamudio, Spain) is establishing a pioneering wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark and has chosen Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS; Kolding, Denmark) as its electrolysis partner. The project will involve a 3 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine that…
KBR (Houston) and Johnson Matthey (JM; London) announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to license a groundbreaking ammonia-methanol co-production process that combines their market-leading ammonia and methanol technologies. The co-production process is based on well-proven technologies utilizing KBR's…