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Equinor to build world-scale clean hydrogen plant in the U.K.

Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway) is leading a project to develop one of the U.K.’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen…

Air Products starts up Geismar steam methane reformer to supply Huntsman

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that its new steam methane reformer (SMR) and cold box in Geismar, Louisiana are onstream and supplying Huntsman’s neighboring industrial operations. Air Products built, owns and operates the facility under a long-term agreement, supplying…

Enzymatic PET-recycling demonstration plant launches in France

Carbios (Saint-Beauzire, France) announced the launch of the construction of its industrial demonstration plant for the enzymatic recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. The demonstration plant is located near Lyon, in France’s Chemistry Valley, the French hub of innovation and…

Henkel expands additive manufacturing capabilities

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany;) announced the expansion of its Additive Manufacturing Services, designed primarily for automotive and industrial customers to provide support with 3D printable materials, from design through to final part manufacturing. Henkel Additive Manufacturing Services…

Eni, Versalis and Corepla to collaborate on plastics recycling projects

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milaese, Italy) and COREPLA (the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging) have signed an agreement that will see them pool their expertise to collect and recycle plastic…

Following Clariant Masterbatches acquisition, PolyOne changes name to Avient

PolyOne Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) has completed its purchase of the color masterbatch businesses of Clariant and Clariant Chemicals India Ltd.  PolyOne also announced that it has changed its name and will now be called Avient Corp.  "We proudly welcome our…

Lummus Technology acquisition by Chatterjee Group and Rhone Capital completed

Lummus Technology (Houston, Tex.; www.lummustechnology.com) yesterday announced that Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (Kolkata, India; www.haldiapetrochemicals.com), the flagship company of The Chatterjee Group (TCG), and investment funds affiliated with Rhône Capital have successfully completed the joint acquisition of Lummus from McDermott International…

A skid-mounted RO system for high-purity water production

Through its business unit Solys, this company launched the Sirion Pro range, a simplified version of the Sirion RO (reverse osmosis) range (photo). A compact, plug-and-play system that integrates Aquavista digital services, Sirion Pro offers more basic features — a…

Two new sizes of turbomolecular pump introduced

This company has expanded its Turbovac i/iX series of turbomolecular pumps with the addition of two new sizes — the 850 i/iX (photo) and 950 i/iX. The two new pumps are characterized by extended operation, longer system life and lower…

This turbidity sensor withstands aggressive media

The new Turbimax CUS50D sensor (photo) is an absorption sensor for turbidity and suspended-solids measurement in unfavorable environments. Its robust design is made to withstand aggressive media and is suitable for applications in industrial wastewater treatment or chemical processes. Turbimax…