DeLille Oxygen Co. (Columbus, Ohio; www.columbusspecialtygases.com) moves beyond tube trailer or cylinder supply of carbon monoxide (CO). The specialty gas company has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) eCOs solution for cost-competitive onsite production of ultra-high-purity CO for a…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) and Glencore plc (Baar, Switzerland; www.glencore.com) announce today that they have entered into a long-term revolving agreement for the supply of cobalt hydroxide (cobalt) to Umicore’s battery materials value chain. The cobalt will be sourced…
Dow selects Univar Solutions as a key channel to market for polyurethanes in North AmericaDow approves Univar Solutions to carry range of polyols and isocyanates in U.S. and CanadaDow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Univar Inc. (Downer's Grove, Ill.; www.univar.com) today…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for March 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value for the second consecutive month, although the final value for February was adjusted slightly upward. The decline…
Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG (Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland; www.ist-ag.com), part of the Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com), continues its growth path. On 24 May 2019, the sensor specialist officially opened an expansion of its plant in Ebnat-Kappel in eastern Switzerland.…
BASF Venture Capital GmbH (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing in the Longwater Advanced Materials Fund. This private equity fund is managed by Longwater Investment (Shanghai, China; www.longwatercap.com), a pioneer growth capital investor in advanced materials and chemistry-related technologies. BASF Venture…
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has awarded ÅF Pöyry (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) with the pre-engineering assignment for new bioproduct mill, Kemi. The target for the ongoing pre-engineering project is to create conditions for building a bioproduct mill with…
This Friday May 24, Rotterdam The Hague Airport and a European consortium led by EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft GmbH will sign a cooperation agreement for a study, which aims at developing a demonstration plant that produces renewable jet fuel from air.…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.repsol.com) has devoted many resources to lead the search for new solutions to boost the Circular Economy and promote that a large amount of plastic waste, which currently goes to landfill, be transformed into new raw…
The production processes of the most important basic chemicals are responsible for around 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industry. BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) experts are working intensely on new technologies to substantially reduce emissions in…