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Wacker Invests in Amsterdam Biotech Site

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is investing in its production facilities for biologics, LMPs (live microbial products) and vaccines at its Amsterdam site. Projects include the construction of a new fermentation line with a volume of 1,500 liters, as well…

Ashland to sell its maleic anhydride business for $100 million

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a definitive agreement to sell the company’s maleic anhydride business and manufacturing facility in Neal, West Virginia to AOC Materials LLC, for $100 million. Maleic anhydride is manufactured industrially on a large scale…

LanzaTech and NextChem to license waste-to-ethanol technology

 NextChem and U.S. carbon recycling company, LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) have signed an agreement to license the Waste to Ethanol process. NextChem thereby expands its circular economy and chemical recycling technologies, adding circular ethanol technology to its circular hydrogen and circular…

Coperion and Lummus Novolen jointly develop a new production concept for meltblown PP

In a recent test series performed in its test lab at Stuttgart, Germany, Coperion Gmbh (Stuttgart, Germany), together with technology licensor Lummus Novolen Technology, demonstrated the successful production of various polypropylene (PP) pellets with extremely low melt viscosities using Coperion…

Europe’s largest industrial green-hydrogen project underway in Spain

Iberdrola (Bilbao, Spain) and Fertiberia (Madrid, Spain) have signed an agreement, which will trigger an investment of 150 million euros, to construct the largest plant to produce green hydrogen for industrial use in Europe. The Spanish companies are to build…

Arkema invests in U.S. 3D-printing startup

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) is strengthening its partnership with Continuous Composites, creator of Continuous Fiber 3D Printing technology (CF3D®). Arkema has invested in the American start-up to rapidly advance the development of 3D composite manufacturing, a groundbreaking innovation for strong,…

Petronas subsidiary selects Honeywell UOP gas-purification technology

Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) announced that PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. (PCSB), a subsidiary of PETRONAS, will use UOP’s modular natural-gas processing technology in the development of a 900 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) offshore gas-purification plant in…

Sibur and G-Core Labs launch universal augmented-reality service for remote maintenance

Sibur (Moscow, Russia) & G-Core Labs S.A. (Luxembourg) have launched a universal augmented reality (AR) service for the remote maintenance and repair of industrial equipment. Sibur has launched the universal AR service for remotely maintaining and repairing industrial equipment, which will…

Teadit names new VP of sales and marketing

Teadit North America is pleased to announce the promotion of Robbie Riggs to the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  Working closely with the Regional Sales Managers and Technical Support Team, Robbie will have responsibility for all market…

Total and IOCL form JV focused on bitumen derivatives

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL), India’s largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and Total SE (Paris) announced the formation of a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company that will manufacture and market high-quality bitumen derivatives and specialty products for the…