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BASF reaches mechanical completion on acrylics complex at Zhanjiang Verbund site

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has reached a major construction milestone at the Zhanjiang Verbund site with the successful mechanical completion of the first batch of plants in the acrylics complex, including the glacial acrylic acid (GAA) and butyl acrylate (BA)…

Ineos converts acetyls manufacturing site to hydrogen power, reducing CO2 emissions by 75%

INEOS Ltd. (London) has completed a major £30-million investment at its Hull manufacturing site, converting the facility to run on hydrogen instead of natural gas, resulting in a 75% cut in carbon emissions. The investment is part of INEOS’ wider…

Linde to significantly expand industrial gases site in Florida that supplies rocket launches

Linde plc (Dublin, Ireland) has announced ambitious new investments into the commercial space-launch sector. With two new long-term agreements to supply bulk industrial gases for rocket launches, Linde is strengthening its leadership in the rapidly expanding U.S. space industry. As…

Air Liquide starts up world’s largest molybdenum manufacturing plant

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) has successfully started up a new plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. This Molybdenum manufacturing plant, the largest in the world, will supply leading semiconductor customers with its breakthrough advanced materials portfoilo, SubleemTM. The…

Freepoint Eco-Systems and Source One join forces to develop waste pyrolysis infrastructure in Europe

Freepoint Eco-Systems International Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.) and Source One GmbH (Leiferde, Germany) have agreed to enter into a long-term collaboration agreement to develop multiple pretreatment facilities to treat waste streams, such as post-consumer waste (PCR), to support the growth of…

Toray supplying RO membranes for advanced desalination plant in western Saudi Arabia

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has supplied reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to the Shuaibah 3 IWP seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia through Dammam-based subsidiary Toray Membrane Middle East LLC. The Plant’s daily potable water production capacity is…

GEA opens food application and technology center in Wisconsin

GEA Group (Düsseldorf, Germany) opened its New Food Application and Technology Center (ATC) in Janesville, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2025. The $20 million facility is the company’s second global Center of Excellence dedicated to alternative proteins and sustainable food solutions…

Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies sign agreement to deliver carbon-capture solution

Shell Catalysts & Technologies (Houston, Tex.) and Technip Energies (Paris, France) have signed their global alliance agreement to work exclusively together to deliver a post-combustion amine-based carbon capture solution using Shell’s CANSOLV* CO₂ Capture System.  The alliance combines Shell Catalysts…

Evonik now using green electricity for polybutadiene production in Germany

Since July 1, 2025, Evonik’s Coating & Adhesive Resins business line (Marl, Germany; coating-adhesive-resin.evonik.com) has been using green electricity for its polybutadiene production in Marl, Germany. This initiative is part of Evonik’s sustainability strategy aimed at achieving its environmental goals…

Black & Veatch completes FEED study for green hydrogen project in U.K.

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) has completed execution of a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project, a proposed development by owner ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited (Glasgow, U.K.; www.scottishpower.com). The contract was awarded to…