Dupont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that the Dupont Kingston Technology Centre located in Ontario, Canada, is producing and distributing hand sanitizer to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the local community. To date, more than 4,000 L of hand sanitizer has…
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI; San Antonio, Tex.) has expanded its capacity to develop and certify fuels from alternative sources with a new, custom fixed-bed reactor. The SwRI-designed system can be used for refinery processes, such as hydrotreating and hydrocracking, to…
Honeywell announced a new temperature monitoring solution supported by artificial intelligence (AI) that incorporates advanced, infrared imaging technology and artificial intelligence algorithms to conduct non-invasive, preliminary screening of personnel entering a facility. The Honeywell ThermoRebellion temperature monitoring solution can be…
Poland's national oil and gas company Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG; Warsaw, Poland) has started working on projects for the use of hydrogen in the energy and automotive sectors. This initiative explores the possibility of storing and transporting hydrogen…
Tronox Holdings plc (Stamford, Conn.) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the TiZir Titanium and Iron (TTI) business from Eramet S.A. (Paris, France), a publicly traded French multinational mining and metallurgy company, for approximately $300 million.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a Master Service Agreement (MSA) and Feasibility Study by JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) Building on KBR’s strong and successful portfolio in this area, the study will…
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) was recently approached by NHS (National Health Service) England and NHS Improvement to provide a proposal to review how personal protective equipment (PPE) might be decontaminated and safely reused, thereby helping to alleviate any potential PPE…
Many chemical processing and engineering companies are contributing to efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19: PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has provided the Vatican and the Office of Papal Charities with protective products to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) has donated over 1,300 kg of ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) to Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), to help produce protective glasses for frontline healthcare workers at the university clinic and other healthcare institutions in the Erlangen, Germany area.…
Procter & Gamble (P&G; Cincinnati, Ohio) has granted Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) an exclusive license that allows Cargill to further develop and commercialize a technology developed by P&G that converts lactic acid into bio-based acrylic acid, so that it can…