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Teijin and Fuji Design form alliance to advance carbon-fiber recycling

Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) has agreed to form a business alliance with Fuji Design Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of recycled carbon fibers, to establish a business structure for the production, supply and commercialization of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) products…

Casale studying new ammonia converter technology for Yara’s decarbonized fertilizer plant

Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) is studying the application of its Casale Ammonia Converter technology for application for Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) at its fertilizer factory at Herøya (Norway). The existing plant will be converted, replacing the current hydrogen production…

Carbios and Indorama to build first-of-its-kind enzymatic recycling plant for PET in France

Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) and Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) jointly announced a collaboration to build a manufacturing plant operating Carbios’ PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bio-recycling technology at Indorama Ventures’ PET production site in France (Longlaville, Meurthe-et-Moselle). After having successfully started…

Chevron and Bunge create renewable feedstocks JV

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), and Bunge North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Bunge Ltd., announced the signing of definitive transaction agreements to create their previously announced joint venture (JV). The new venture will…

Worley, ABB and IBM collaborating to promote efficient green-hydrogen facilities

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) and IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) to collaborate on helping energy companies build and operate green hydrogen facilities more efficiently and at scale. The planned three-party collaboration aims…

Eni, Edison and Ansaldo Energia to jointly study green hydrogen production at Porto Marghera

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), Edison and Ansaldo Energia have signed an agreement launch a feasibility study for the production of green hydrogen, produced through water electrolysis, or blue with the use of natural gas, from which the CO2 produced is…

Toyo Engineering awarded cracker electrification contract in Thailand

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been selected as the commissioned contractor of a project called: “Surveys of suitability of demonstration requirements for demonstration research project on an electrification technology of ethylene cracking furnaces realizing net zero emissions of CO2 in…

Denka and Toyo Styrene to construct chemical recycling plant for polystyrene

Denka Company Ltd. and Toyo Styrene Co., Ltd. (Both Tokyo) have decided to construct a chemical recycling plant for used polystyrene (PS) with an annual processing capacity of approx. 3,000 tons. The plant will be constructed on the premises of…

Mitsui Chemicals announces pilot project to commercialize ammonia-fueled naphtha crackers

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), along with Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) and Sojitz Machinery Corp., announced that a joint pilot project to be demonstrated by the four companies is to be funded by the New Energy and…

Plug Power in alliance with Atlas Copco and Fives to develop hydrogen plants

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC, the turboexpander technology center within the Gas and Process division of Atlas Copco, and Fives, a global leader in brazed heat exchangers and…