Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced that it has successfully adapted its facilities in the U.S. to manufacture hand sanitizers to help protect people from Covid-19 infection. Many companies are producing sanitizer and other essential supplies to…
The Irish manufacturer Combilift (Monaghan, Ireland), best known for its range of space-saving forklifts and other handling solutions, has drawn on its expertise in engineering and software design to develop the Combi-Ventilate, a splitter device which turns one ventilator into…
Honeywell announced that it is temporarily shifting manufacturing operations at two chemical manufacturing facilities to produce and donate hand sanitizer to government agencies in response to shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many companies are producing sanitizer and other essential…
Throughout April, Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has mobilized its production facilities to manufacture medical materials and components and products that can be used to build makeshift hospitals. Saint-Gobain’s Life Sciences unit, for instance, is prioritizing the production and delivery of COVID-19…
Carbon capture technology from Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has been approved for a full-scale demonstration project in Norway to remove carbon emissions at a cement plant. The technology was qualified by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil…
Together with six medical and technology companies, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com) has developed an innovative smart health patch that allows continuous, remote and wireless monitoring of the respiration, heartrate and soon also temperature of patients. The…
Linde (Guildford, U.K.) and steel manufacturer Ovako AB (Stockholm, Sweden) have conducted a full-scale trial using hydrogen to heat steel before rolling — said to be a world first achievement. The trial was performed with successful results in one of…
LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will invest about 65 billion KRW (around $54 million) by Q1 of next year to expand production of carbon nanotubes (CNT) by 1,200 tons at the company’s Yeosu plant. Once the expansion…
Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) and ALBIS PLASTIC GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) are committed to making materials available for urgently needed personal protective equipment (PPE), including respirator masks, ventilators and protective eyewear. Covestro previously detailed its COVID-19 response…
Hyosung Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and the Linde Group (Guildford, U.K.) will invest 300 billion won until 2022 in their joint enterprise of creating a value chain that covers everything related to the setup and operation of liquid hydrogen production,…