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ADNOC L&S and Wanhua Chemical form strategic shipping joint venture

ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced the formation of a new strategic joint venture (JV) with Wanhua Chemical Group (Wanhua). The new company named AW…

Lubrizol expands 3D-printing portfolio with acquisition of Avid Product Development

The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) has acquired Avid Product Development, LLC, a partner for engineering and additive manufacturing services. Avid offers a unique blend of 3D printing capabilities, including design for additive manufacturing (DfAM), prototyping and production using powder bed…

Lonza to expand microbial manufacturing plant in Switzerland

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced an expansion to the company’s microbial manufacturing facility in Visp, Switzerland. The new facility will provide mid-scale commercial manufacturing to multiple customers and in particular, serve the growing needs of Servier, an independent international pharmaceutical…

Indorama acquires PET recycling facilities in Poland

Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced that it has, through its indirect subsidiary Indorama Netherlands B.V., signed a Conditional Share Purchase Agreement with O.R.V. Ovattificio Resinatura Valpadana S.P.A. and OPOKA LTD., to acquire a 100% equity stake of Industrie…

Velocys delivers four bioreactors to Red Rock Biofuels’ plant in Oregon

Velocys plc (Oxford, U.K.) has completed the manufacturing and delivery of four reactors to Red Rock Biofuels (RRB) for the company's biomass-to-fuels facility. RRB has a further option to purchase an additional two reactors by the end of 2020. Henrik…

Henkel enhances packaging-recyclability assessment tool

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) has further advanced its software tool EasyD4R — next to the recyclability of plastic packaging it now also allows to quickly and accurately assess the recyclability of packaging made of paper/cardboard, glass, aluminum…

Tpgroup announces contracts related to hydrogen safety and CCUS

tpgroup (Reading, U.K.) has secured a contract worth approximately £1.0 million with a leading UK engineering company to provide management control equipment for enhanced safety management of hydrogen gas. Under this contract, tpgroup will qualify the design concepts, build and…

Germany’s Westküste 100 green-hydrogen project secures funding

Ørsted Group A/S (Fredericia, Denmark) announced that the partners of the Westküste 100 project received funding confirmation from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy as the first large-scale hydrogen project in Germany within the Reallabor (real-world laboratory)…

The Big 6 level measurement technologies: Where to use them and why

WHITE PAPER — The Big 6 level measurement technologies: Where to use them and why Anyone who’s ever worn a tool belt knows that sometimes you have to use a tool for something it’s not designed to do. If you…

GranBio and NextChem sign partnership to develop cellulosic ethanol market

GranBio S.A. (São Paulo), a 100% Brazilian industrial biotechnology company, and NextChem, Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.’s (Rome, Italy) subsidiary for energy transition announced a strategic partnership to achieve global leadership in the licensing of patented GranBio 2G Ethanol technology to produce…