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Amcor packaging plant deploys Greenback advanced recycling technology at U.K. site

Greenback Recycling Technologies announced the first U.K. deployment of its Enval® advanced recycling module at global packaging leader Amcor’s facility in Heanor, Derbyshire, where it will undergo a six-month commissioning and trial phase. This significant step marks the first time…

SK Innovation and KBR enter licensing agreement for battery recycling technologies

S K Innovation Co. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KBR, Inc. (Houston) related to its proprietary Battery Metal Recycling (BMR) technology.  The MOU, which licenses SK’s BMR technology, was signed at…

Amogy and KBR sign MoU to advance ammonia-to-hydrogen technologies

Amogy Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KBR, Inc. (Houston). The collaboration will focus on expanding pathways for global decarbonization through ammonia cracking and involve evaluating and advancing ammonia cracking catalyst applications…

BASF Intermediates to produce amines at Geismar site using 100% renewable electricity

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced that its Intermediates division's standard grade amine portfolio will soon be produced by 100% renewable electricity credited to the Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site. The transition is set to begin in Q4 2025 and continue…

Technip Energies and Anellotech launch commercialization of Plas-TCat recycling technology

Technip Energies (Paris) and Anellotech are set to commercialize Plas-TCat, an innovative catalytic cracking technology that transforms plastic waste into high-value chemicals. The two companies recently completed a multi-year development program for Plas-TCat, which converts mixed plastic waste directly into…

High-volume plant for solid-oxide fuel cells opens in Estonia

Elcogen AS (Talinn, Estonia) officially opened ELCO I, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia. The launch marks a pivotal step in scaling up the company’s role in the global energy transition. The 14,000 m² facility…

Coolbrook’s large-scale pilot plant successfully cracks plastic waste pyrolysis oil

Coolbrook Oy (Helsinki, Finalnd) has achieved a major breakthrough in circular plastics and materials by successfully cracking 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil (py-oil) at its large-scale pilot facility using the RotoDynamic Reactor (RDR) technology. As the first company globally, Coolbrook has…

Outokumpu and Boston Metal sign MoU related to decarbonziation technologies for metals

Outokumpu (Helsinki, Finland) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Boston Metal (Woburn, Mass.) to enhance the production of critical carbon-free metals vital for industries such as defense and aerospace.  Under the MoU, the companies intend…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieve purity target for ethanol at membrane dehydration pilot plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5vol% ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems (MMDS®: Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System) installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the…

Elkem announces proof-of-concept for recycling of high-consistency rubbers

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.elkem.com), a world-leading provider of advanced silicon-based materials, announced the successful validation of a proof of concept for an innovative mechanical recycling process for high consistency rubbers (HCR). The innovation enables the recycling of crosslinked HCR…