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QuantumScape and Corning partner to commercialize ceramic separators for solid-state batteries

QuantumScape Corporation and Corning Inc.  announced an agreement to jointly develop ceramic separator manufacturing capabilities for QS solid-state batteries. The companies will work together toward the goal of high-volume production of QS’s ceramic separators for commercial applications. Combining QS and…

Southern Ionics to expand sulfur chemicals manufacturing site in Alabama

Southern Ionics (West Point, Miss.) will invest in its Tuscaloosa, Ala. sulfur chemicals manufacturing facility to expand production capacity, make infrastructure improvements and add sodium metabisulfite production. "We are pleased to make this investment and look forward to growing our…

Technip Energies awarded two services contracts for Repsol’s waste-to-methanol Ecoplanta project in Spain

Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded two engineering services contracts by Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) for the development of the Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions (Ecoplanta) project, a first-of-a-kind waste-to-methanol facility to be built in El Morell, near Tarragona, Spain. The…

LyondellBasell expands Purell healthcare polymers in North America

LyondellBasell Industries B.V. (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the expansion of its Purell portfolio in North America. Purell medical-grade polyolefins are used by healthcare and pharmaceutical companies across Europe. With this expansion, LYB brings its proven service model, regulatory compliance and innovation-driven…

BASF announces two new recycling processes for polyamides from end-of-life vehicles

At this year's K 2025, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and its cooperation partners will be presenting two pioneering technologies that enable the recycling of polyamides from end-of-life vehicles. While the recovery of metals from decommissioned vehicles has been successfully practiced…

Advancion expands manufacturing capabilities for zwitterionic biological buffer product

Advancion Corp. (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) announced the expansion of its U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities with the commercial launch of MOPS buffer produced at its Sterlington, Louisiana facility. MOPS (3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid) is a zwitterionic biological buffer commonly used in cell culture and…

Mitsui Chemicals acquires Nippon Aluminum Alkyls from Ketjen

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Ketjen Netherlands Holdings B.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) have entered into a share purchase agreement for Nippon Aluminum Alkyls Ltd. (NAA), a company engaged in the manufacturing and sales of organometallic compounds such as alkyl aluminum.…

Plug Power delivers electrolyzer for Galp’s green hydrogen project in Portugal

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced the delivery of its first 10-megawatt (MW) GenEco electrolyzer array to Galp, Portugal’s leading integrated energy company. The array was delivered to Galp’s Sines Refinery, home of the largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen…

IBU-tec and Hosokawa Alpine start up battery-recycling pilot plant in Weimar

IBU-tec advanced materials AG (Weimar, Germany) and machinery and plant manufacturer Hosokawa Alpine (Augsburg, Germany) have set up a pilot plant for the recycling of battery materials at its headquarters in Weimar. As part of the cooperation, IBU-tec will contribute…

ACT-ion to establish advanced cathode pilot plant in Carrollton, Texas

Battery material manufacturer ACT-ion Battery Technologies, Inc. (Dallas) announced it has signed a lease for a new facility at 1200 Tappan Circle in Carrollton, Texas. This site will house a state-of-the-art pilot plant dedicated to scaling its clean high-throughput manufacturing…