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Novozymes announces participation in Copenhagen carbon-capture project
Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) has been included as part of ARC´s EU application to set up a carbon capture facility at the Amager Resource Center (ARC) in Copenhagen. Novozymes’ biosolution for enzymatic carbon capture is to be tested as a…
Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas awarded contracts for PKN Orlen’s major petrochemicals project
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has signed a final contract with the contractor for Europe’s largest petrochemical project in 20 years. Hyundai Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) will be responsible for building the main…
DuPont to expand production capacity for ion-exchange resins
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the expansion of its ion-exchange resin manufacturing production to address the high global demand for its pharmaceutical products such as excipients and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). DuPont Water Solutions is a leading producer of separation and…
U.S. chemical industry rebounds as global recovery continues, ACC says
Key U.S. chemical industry metrics will be higher this year as important end-use markets and export customers recover from the pandemic-related recession, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Mid-Year 2021 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook. Chemical…
GE and IHI to collaborate on development of ammonia fuels roadmap
GE Gas Power and IHI Corp. (Tokyo) announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed for collaborative development of gas turbine business roadmap (Ammonia Roadmap). The Ammonia Roadmap will support the use of ammonia as a carbon-free fuel…
Técnicas Reunidas wins two engineering contracts in Switzerland for new waste-handling plants
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been selected by two Swiss entities to use technologies developed and patented by the Spanish company, in the preliminary engineering of two industrial plants that will be dedicated to the treatment of solid…
Versalis and Saipem sign agreement related to bioethanol production
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have signed an agreement to internationally promote PROESA, Versalis’ proprietary technology used to produce sustainable bioethanol and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Versalis and Saipem will provide integrated and…
Celanese to acquire Grupa Azoty’s polyacetal production technology and sales agreements
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that it has acquired certain technology relating to the production of polyacetal (POM) products from Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnow, Poland), after its decision to discontinue its POM manufacturing. Celanese will take over all existing Tarnoform…
Northern Nutrients to build fertilizer facility in Saskatchewan
Northern Nutrients (Saskatoon, Canada) plans to build a new sulfur-enhanced urea fertilizer manufacturing facility outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, starting in July 2021 with an expected completion early in 2022. The facility will utilize the Shell Thiogro technology, a patented process…
Siemens Energy to electrify first-of-its-kind biorefinery in Germany
UPM-Kymmene Oyj (Helsinki, Finnland) has selected Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) to supply electrification, automation and digitalization (EAD) packages for a next-generation biorefinery currently under construction in Leuna, Germany. The biorefinery will be the first industrial-scale facility of its type…