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HiiROC and Siemens sign MoU for automating hydrogen production

Clean hydrogen producer HiiROC (Hull, U.K.; www.hiiroc.com), has partnered with technology company Siemens (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) on its hydrogen production technology, helping customers to decarbonize their operations and support their net-zero ambitions. HiiROC and Siemens signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

Hexagon announces new battery cell design using Fraunhofer Institute technology

Hexagon AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.hexagon.com) announced a new battery cell design solution that combines Fraunhofer ITWM’s (Kaiserslautern, Germany; www.itwm.fraunnhofer.de) electro-chemical simulation technology with Hexagon’s multi-physics material simulation and metrology software to significantly accelerate new battery cell research and development programs. …

Alfa Laval secures two contracts for biofuel production

Driving the global energy transition towards biofuels, Alfa Laval (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has secured two contracts worth 350 million SEK to supply cutting-edge HVO pre-treatment technology to Europe's largest biofuel facility. The facility, a joint venture between Cepsa Bioenergia San Roque…

ArcelorMittal and HP announce collaboration on steel additive manufacturing

ArcelorMittal (Luxemburg; corporate.arcelormittal.com) , a global leader in sustainable steel solutions, and HP (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.hp.com), a renowned printing company with extensive expertise in additive manufacturing, are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to advance the field of steel…

De Nora and Maffei Sarda Silicati to build green hydrogen plant in Sardinia

De Nora sp.A. (Milan, Italy), specializing in electrochemistry and sustainable technologies, is partnering with Maffei Sarda Silicati, to build a green hydrogen production plant located in Ossi, Sardinia.  The project, financed through PNRR funds and promoted by the local company Maffei…

Topsoe to provide technology for commercial-scale SAF production plant in Brazil

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, has signed an agreement with Refinaria de Petróleo Riograndense SA (Riograndense), to provide its HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ technologies for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production…

Technip Energies, Alterra and Neste collaborate to offer standardized solution for chemical recycling plants

Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com), Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio; www.alterraenergy.com) and Neste Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) have signed a collaboration agreement to advance the circularity of plastics by providing the industry a standardized technology solution for chemical recycling, also referred…

ALPLA opens PET recycling plant in South Africa

Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa approximately one and a half years after the start of construction. The company has invested 60 million euros…

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Business News: November 2024

Plant Watch BASF completes superabsorbent polymers expansion project in Texas October 16, 2024 — BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced that its petrochemicals division has completed production upgrades for superabsorbent polymers (SAP) after a $19.2-million investment in its Freeport, Tex.…

AI-Powered Search Improves Knowledge Transfer at Agricultural Chemicals Site

An artificial intelligence (AI)-based search tool allowed workers to quickly mine historical data to improve operations and respond to emerging problems At the Bayer Crop Science facility in Muttenz, Switzerland, managers and workers wanted to improve communication during shift handovers…