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Mitsui Chemicals acquires Cotec GmbH

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that group company SDC Technologies, Inc. has acquired Cotec GmbH. Engaged in the manufacture, sale and research of hydrophobic and anti-reflective coatings, Cotec officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of SDC on October 1,…

Lummus wins ethylene furnace contract in Uzbekistan

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. for the Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex in Uzbekistan. Lummus' scope includes the design and supply of four proprietary Short Residence Time (SRT) VI…

ADM and Spiber to partner on production of novel bio-based polymers

ADM (Chicago) and Spiber Inc. (Tsuruoka, Japan)  announced an agreement to expand the production of Spiber’s innovative Brewed Protein polymers for use in apparel and other consumer products. The collaboration will combine Spiber’s cutting-edge structural protein fermentation technology with ADM’s…

Ørsted and Yara to install 100-MW electrolyzer plant for green-ammonia project

Offshore wind developer Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark) and Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) have joined forces in developing a pioneering project aiming at replacing fossil hydrogen with renewable hydrogen in the production of ammonia with the potential to abate more…

Enel Green Power announces plans for Chile’s first green-hydrogen project

Enel Green Power Chile (EGP Chile), a subsidiary of Enel Spa (Rome, Italy), is planning to participate with Chilean power company AME and prospective partners ENAP, Chile’s National Oil Company, Siemens Energy and Porsche, in the installation of a pilot…

Rockwell Automation acquires cybersecurity specialist Oylo

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisc.) announced that it has acquired Oylo, a privately-held industrial cybersecurity services provider based in Barcelona, Spain. Oylo is dedicated to providing a broad range of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity services and solutions including assessments,…

AkzoNobel to build new powder-coatings plant in Taiwan

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it is building a new powder coatings plant in Chungli, Taiwan. The fully automated plant, which represents a €20-million investment, will have the increased production capacity to fulfill growing demand in the architecture, auto…

Material Transfer & Storage expands services offering for bulk-materials handling

Material Transfer & Storage (MTS; Allegan, Mich.), an industry leader in the custom design and manufacture of bulk material filling, conditioning and discharging systems for dry powders and bulk solids, has unveiled a new service line to further enhance the customer…

Carbon8 to deploy CO2-capture pilot project at Dutch waste-to-energy plant

Carbon8 Systems, a U.K.-based company that invented and owns a process that combines industrial waste residues with captured CO₂ emissions, will be running its first Energy from Waste (EfW) pilot project in The Netherlands. Carbon8 System’s accelerated carbonation process produces…

Why Control-Loop Optimization is More Important Than Ever

From the impact of globalization to variable crude oil prices, environmental concerns and changes due to advancing technology, the chemical process industries (CPI) are in a state of flux. Companies based in some regions have experienced impressive growth thanks to…