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Repsol begins production of aviation biofuels in Spain

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has successfully completed the production of the Spanish market’s first batch of aviation biofuels. This milestone enables the Company to advance in the production of low-carbon fuels for industries such as aviation, where alternatives like electrification…

Johnson Matthey methanol technology chosen for largest single-train methanol plant in the world

Johnson Matthey (JM; London) has been selected by China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group as licensor for the third methanol synthesis plant at their coal to olefins complex near Yinchuan in Ningxia Province PRC.  With a planned capacity of 7,200 metric…

Air Products’ technology selected for 1st phase of expansion project in Qatar

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has been selected to provide its proprietary AP-X Natural Gas Liquefaction Process technology and equipment to Qatargas for the first phase of Qatar Petroleum’s massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) production expansion project, commonly known as…

MHPS Receives Contract for AQCS Equipment for a Chemical Plant in Poland

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yolohama, Japan), has received an order for an Air Quality Control System (AQCS) to be installed in the newly-built power generation facility of a chemical plant in Puławy in southeastern Poland. The adoption of…

Neometals and SMS form LIB-recycling joint venture

Project development company Neometals Ltd. (West Perth, Australia) and SMS group GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany) have announced the creation of a 50:50 joint venture. The new company will be known as Primobius GmbH (www.primobius.com). The object of this enterprise is the…

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…