In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, an unprecedented demand for sanitizing and disinfectant products is beginning to ripple through the manufacturing sector. For instance, Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has decided to repurpose a production line in order to manufacture 20…
The average annual value for the 2019 Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) was higher than the corresponding value for the previous year CEPCI. The final value edged higher for the year despite a generally downward trend in the monthly…
Germany’s first publicly accessible hydrogen network is due to supply increasing quantities of green hydrogen (H2) to industrial companies in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia from late 2022 onwards. BP plc (London; www.bp.com), Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), transmission system operator…
The Additives business of Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Floreon-Transforming Packaging Limited announced a new collaboration to further extend the performance properties and market potential of biopolymers, while preserving their environmental benefits. By integrating the benefits of Clariant’s additives…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has concluded a purchase agreement to acquire innovativeHealth Group (innoHealth), with the transaction due to be completed before the end of March. Headquartered at the Scientific Park of Madrid (Spain), innoHealth's technology platforms screen…
Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd. (SPA), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp), has developed a new product to be added to the lineup of SPALF aluminum laminate film, which is used as packaging material for pouch-type…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has signed a contract for the delivery of a calcining system to a customer in Russia. The order value of approximately €30 million has been booked in Metso’s Q1 2020 orders received. Commissioning of the…
Gazprom Neft (St. Petersburg, Russia; www.gazprom-neft.com) is continuing its construction of a high-tech-catalyst production facility in Omsk, with the future plant set to produce 21,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of modern catalysts to be used in key processes involved…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announced the development of an advanced collagen platform that is made via fermentation-based processes and devoid of animal- or human-derived materials. The recombinant technology will, for the first time, provide pharmaceutical, medical, cell culture…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded the Heating Systems Energy Efficiency Study by the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore. KBR will provide consultancy services to study the energy performance of heating systems in energy-intensive industrial facilities…