Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that it has developed an efficient chemical recycling process for converting flexible polyurethane (PU) foams back to the original polyol raw material. Evonik’s new hydrolysis recycling process has the potential to achieve circularity in…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) has opened a new plant for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic recycling in Toluca, Mexico. At the same time, the company has announced it will double its annual regrind material production capacity to 30,000 tons in the…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Technip Energies (Paris) have announced a breakthrough in steam methane reforming (SMR) that reduces the CO2 footprint of the process up to 20%. Being the acronym of “enhanced annular reforming tube for hydrogen,” EARTH technology has…
Baker Hughes (Houston) and Shell Global Solutions BV have signed a broad strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate the global energy transition by helping each other achieve their respective commitments for net-zero carbon emissions and advancing solutions to decarbonize energy and…
Thyssenkrupp (Essen, Germany) intends to enter into a strategic partnership with Dii Desert Energy — an independent industry initiative and market enabler from Dubai and Munich. Dii, also known as Desertec Industrial Initiative, has been a pioneer in the MENA…
Baker Hughes (Houston) has announced an investment in Ekona Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), a growth-stage company developing novel "turquoise" hydrogen production technology. Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader hydrogen and natural gas decarbonization solutions portfolio, further…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) have inked an MoU to fast-track India's transition to cleaner and greener sources of energy by exploring sustainable aviation fuels, first- and second-generation ethanol, compressed biogas (CBG)…
This episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast features Leon De Bruyn, CEO of Lummus Technology. It has been a year since Lummus began operations as a standalone company, rather than as part of a larger firm. In the podcast, Leon…
McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, to collaborate on decarbonizing construction. The agreement enables McDermott and Shell to explore opportunities for…
Aduro Clean Technologies, a Canadian developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle plastics and transform heavy crude and renewable oils into new-era resources and higher-value fuels, has entered into discussions with Switch Energy, a recycler and operator participating in…