Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) will invest close to €60 million to take over and operate an Air Separation Unit (ASU) within the context of a long-term contract with Wanhua Chemical Group (Wanhua), a global leading supplier of chemical innovative…
Metso (Espoo, Finland; www.metso.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Diamond Z and Screen Machine Industries from Crane Group (Columbus, Ohio; www.cranegroup.com), a family-owned investment company. Diamond Z increases Metso’s offering in mobile equipment for the organic recycling markets. Screen…
SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez.com), a leader in circular solutions for water management, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.taqa.com), one of the largest listed integrated utility companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and…
Veolia (Aubervilliers, France; www.veoliawatertechnologies.com) has made a significant contribution to Suzano, the world's largest pulp producer, by delivering advanced industrial and demineralized water and effluent treatment facilities for the company's new plant in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This plant,…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd (BSIET) for the delivery of a traveling grate pelletizing plant for Ruifeng Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd in Tangshan, Hebei province, China. Metso’s…
Braskem (Philadelphia, Pa.) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains to negotiate terms of a $50 million award under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This landmark funding would expand Braskem's ultra-high molecular…
ECI Group (Baton Rouge, La.) has signed a licensing agreement with Shaanxi Yanchang China Coal Yulin Energy & Chemical Co., Ltd. (YECC) to deliver a 150,000-metric ton/yr copolymer plant project using ECI Group’s proprietary hybrid reactor technology. YECC is part…
Cabot Corp. (Boston, Mass.) announced it has been selected for an award negotiation of up to $50 million by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains. This grant, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,…
Woodland Biofuels Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada) announced a planned $1.35-billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish what is said to be the world's largest carbon-negative renewable natural-gas plant and ultra-green hydrogen facility. Phase 1 of this project…
As part of their strategic cooperation in providing new renewable alternatives to fossil-based products, Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF; New York) announced successful completion of a market-entry-scale industrial polymer plant. The unit is capable of…