Xodus Group Ltd. has been selected by Infinite Blue Energy (IBE) Group to carry out initial phase one work for Australia’s first large-scale 100% green hydrogen plant. The $300-million Arrowsmith Hydrogen Project secured investment earlier this year. Located 320km north…
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.), a leading synthetic biotechnology company, announced that it has successfully scaled up the commercial production of Cannabigerol (CBG) leveraging its industrial fermentation process capability. Amyris expects to deliver about one ton of high purity CBG through…
MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) announced a $65 million expansion of its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient (HPAPI) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) manufacturing capabilities and capacity at its facility near Madison, Wisconsin. This investment will allow large-scale manufacturing of increasingly potent compounds that…
Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ont., Canada) has been selected by Chemetry Corp. (Moss Landing, Calif.) to provide detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and factory testing of a modular demonstration plant based on Chemetry's technology to produce Ethylene Dichloride (EDC). Zeton and Chemetry…
Momentive Performance Materials (Waterford, N.Y.) is investing $15 million in expanded electronic materials production in its Waterford, New York, facility. There is growing demand across aerospace, 5G telecom, automotive electronics, and other markets for the company’s silicone products. This immediate…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has joined the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration established by The Recycling Partnership to improve polypropylene (PP) recovery and recycling in the United States. Milliken will help fund the coalition’s efforts to enhance the…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Veolia (Paris, France) announced a new circular economy consortium to offer new solutions that promise better resource efficiency for critical metals used in lithium ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. With the number of electric vehicles…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has decided to invest in a new biocarbon pilot plant in Canada. The project aims to secure industrial verification of Elkem’s technology for renewable biocarbon, with a long-term goal of contributing to climate-neutral metal production. The technology…
WHITE PAPER — Hydrofluoric acid alkylation (HFU) unit optimization: The use of robust pre-calibrated on-line analyzer technology for the measurement of HF acid purity This white paper aims to illustrate how the fast response times and excellent repeatability of an…
ICIS (London, U.K.; www.icis.com) has announced its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies listing of global producers ranked by 2019 sales. This year, Germany’s BASF SE (Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com) regained the lead as the world’s largest chemical company with sales of…