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Evonik and Siemens commission sustainable chemicals pilot project
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from…
BASF invests in pyrolysis-based recycling of waste tires
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is to invest €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. With the investment, BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant in…
Process industries take stock of an autonomous future, says Yokogawa survey
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) revealed the results of a global end-user survey on the outlook for industrial autonomy, which shows that 64% of respondents from companies in process industries are anticipating fully autonomous operations by 2030. The survey provides…
Svante selects Kiewit Engineering to develop industrial-scale carbon-capture projects
Svante, Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada;) has selected Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for two DOE funded carbon capture projects. On September 1, the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Laboratory Technology (DOE-NETL)…
Thermo Fisher Scientific to invest $140 million to increase laboratory plastics production
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Mass.) announced it is investing more than $140 million to further expand its laboratory plastics consumables production to support significant global demand for COVID-19 testing, as well as development and manufacturing of therapies and vaccines. "Early…
ALPLA to construct HDPE recycling plant in Mexico
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is building a plant in Mexico for recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE). It is planned to produce 15,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of post-consumer recycled material. ALPLA has acquired a property in Toluca, capital city of…
thyssenkrupp to build second bioplastics plant in China
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany) recently won another order to build a bioplastics plant based on the patented PLAneo technology. It will be built in South China and will produce 30,000 tons/yr of polylactide (PLA). PLA is a compostable…
Fluidized bed drying and cooling for temperature-sensitive polymers and plastics
ANDRITZ Separation was among the first to introduce fluidized bed technology for use in industrial drying – a drying method achieving the requested polymer product quality in an efficient process. Petrochemical and polymer producers have installed more than 1,000 of…
Clariant to build new production site for Catofin catalysts in Jiaxing
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) today announced the construction of a new state-of-the-art catalyst production site in China. This project represents a significant investment which further strengthens Clariant’s position in China and enhances its ability to support its customers in the country’s…
PPG awarded DOE funding for LIB-electrode research
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced it has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research into the use of two versatile, high-output processes in the production of lithium-ion battery (LIB) electrodes. The three-year, $2.2 million project – one…