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Mitsubishi Chemical to sell its polymer-flocculant sales business

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has concluded agreements to transfer its polymer flocculant sales business to MT AquaPolymer, Inc. (MTAP; Tokyo) and Hymo Corp. (Tokyo.). Once the transfer is complete, the two companies will outsource the manufacture of polymer flocculants…

Top five technologies for drying in chemical applications

ANDRITZ Separation has been serving industries ranging from petrochemicals and soda ash to agrochemicals for more than a century. What all these chemical applications have in common is the importance of highly efficient thermal separation with either continuous or discontinuous…

Novozymes and WWF to collaborate on water sustainability goals

Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark;) has announced that the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) will help the company to reach its sustainability goals on water. Novozymes has a global presence with factories in Denmark, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina, India…

ADM selects Koch Separation Solutions for water-conservation projects

Koch Separation Solutions (KSS; Wilmington, Mass.) announced that it has been selected by Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) to become a preferred vendor of water, wastewater, and in-process separations applications based on premium services and reliable products. This mutually beneficial relationship…

ALPLA produces first carbon-neutral rPET using renewable power

ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) announced that it has switched its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Recycling Team plants in Wöllersdorf, Austria, and Radomsko, Poland, to a mix of electricity from renewable sources in order to produce carbon-neutral rPET ( recycled polyethylene terephthalate).…

Lummus establishes new sustainability-focused business entity

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston)announced that it has formed a new business entity called Green Circle LLC, to concentrate and expand its capabilities and capture new opportunities in the energy transition and circular economy. Lummus intends for the Green Circle brand…

Public-private partnership working toward renewable hydrogen facility in Oregon

A team of Pacific Northwest public and private organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of what would be one of the largest renewable hydrogen production facilities in North America. The partners in the hydrogen production…

BASF to increase production capacity for synthetic ester base stocks in Jinshan, China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will almost double the production capacity for its synthetic ester base stocks at its site in Jinshan, China. The investment comes in response to the rising demand for high-performance lubricants in Asia Pacific and further strengthens…

DNV GL to lead feasibility study on Italian hydrogen network

Società Gasdotti Italia (SGI) has commissioned DNV GL to assess the feasibility of gradually switching Italy’s second-largest gas network from natural gas to renewable gases including hydrogen. The study will support SGI’s ambitions to fully decarbonize the delivery of energy…

Saft to double electrolyte production capacity with new facility in France

Saft (Levallois-Perret, France) inaugurated its new electrolyte workshop in Poitiers, France.  Ghislain Lescuyer, CEO of Saft, and Lenny Cypel, General Manager Saft Poitiers, were joined by the following guests of honor: Chantal Castelnot, Chef de cabinet at the Préfecture de…