Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) has started to produce polypropylene (PP) based on Neste-produced renewable feedstock in its production facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium. This marks the first time that Borealis has replaced fossil-fuel-based feedstock in its large-scale commercial…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France; www.saint-gobain.com) has sold part of its glass transformation business, Glassolutionsin Germany, to DIK Deutsche Industriekapital GmbH, a Berlin-based investment firm. The divestment concerns seven sites: Bremen, Flensburg, Freiburg, Kiel, Murr, Potsdam and Rostock. These sites employ a…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) and sustainability-focused investment company Mirova announced a combined €10-million investment into Recycling Technologies Ltd., a specialist plastic recycling technology provider. The aim is to accelerate the development of chemical recycling and foster the transition to…
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. (CMS; Newport, Del.; www.compactmembrane.com), a pioneer in membrane systems for advanced chemical separations, and Braskem America, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br).are engaged in the establishment of a joint development…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s leading energy companies and the exclusive supplier of Shell fuels and lubricants in Australia. The HOA will further solidify…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded an order by National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) for the delivery of technology and services for NALCO’s alumina refinery expansion in Damanjodi, Odisha, India. The approximately EUR 15 million order has been…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has acquired a minority stake in the German cleantech company Sunfire GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.sunfire.de). Sunfire is a leading developer of high-temperature electrolysis technology. The company’s patented technology allows the production of renewable hydrogen as…
Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway; www.equinor.com) and Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on digital collaboration to develop solutions and methods together through the exchange of expertise within data science, artificial intelligence and…
The Croatian oil and gas company INA has awarded Axens (Rueil Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) a license agreement to supply Futurol cellulosic ethanol technology and contract for basic engineering design of an advanced bioethanol production plant in Sisak, Croatia. Supplying INA…
Fortum Oy (Espoo, Finland; www.fortum.com/batterysolutions), BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), and Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy (Harjavalta, Finland; www.nornickel.fi) have signed a letter of intent to plan a battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would…