Chemical Engineering
Saint-Gobain and AGC to deploy world’s first large-scale hybrid electric furnace for flat glass production in Spain
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) and AGC Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that they are collaborating to deploy a large-scale hybrid highly electrified furnace for flat glass production, designed to significantly reduce direct CO₂ emissions. The new furnace will be installed at…
Sinopec commissions world’s largest single-site PVA production facility
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has commissioned a specialty polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin facility with an annual production capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) at its subsidiary, Chongqing SVW Chemical Co., Ltd. The facility achieved stable operation…
Zeon completes bio-based butadiene demonstration facility at Tokuyama Plant
Zeon Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has completed construction of a bench-scale facility at its Tokuyama Plant (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) to demonstrate technology for highly efficient production of butadiene from ethanol derived from plant-based and other sustainable materials. Construction of the…
ENEOS Holdings to acquire TPC Group
TPC Group (Houston, Texas) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan). In connection with the acquisition, ENEOS will acquire TPC Group's petrochemical operations in Houston, Texas, along with terminal…
SABIC completes sale of Engineering Thermoplastics business in the Americas and Europe
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) completed the divestment of its Engineering Thermoplastics (ETP) business in the Americas and Europe to Mutares SE & Co. for an enterprise value of $450 million. Commenting on the announcement, Dr.…
Shell sells Environmental Catalysts and Systems business to Lummus Technology
Shell Catalysts & Technologies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) announced that it has sold a number of intellectual property assets and experienced personnel relating to its Environmental Catalysts and Systems (ECS) business to Lummus Technology (Houston, Texas). For Shell Catalysts & Technologies, the…
Treating Safety Datasheets as Living Process Safety Records
A regulatory deadline rarely reaches into every document a site keeps on file, yet that is close to what OSHA's 2024 revision of the Hazard Communication Standard set in motion. The rule folds the seventh edition of the Globally Harmonized…
Worley wins contract for metal processing hub in Missouri
Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia) has been awarded an engineering services contract by United States Strategic Metals, to support the development of their multi-metallic processing hub in Missouri, United States. This will include the development of a cobalt refinery and…
Capra Biosciences receives additional funding for domestic pharmaceutical API biomanufacturing
Capra Biosciences, Inc. (Manassas, Virginia), a biomanufacturing company leveraging modular, continuous bioreactor technology to enable flexible, cost-competitive domestic production of pharmaceutical ingredients, today announced continued progress under its project agreement with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR; Washington, D.C.), part of…
TotalEnergies acquires Shell’s European onshore renewables portfolio
TotalEnergies SE (Courbevoie, France) has signed an agreement with Shell plc (London, England) to acquire its entire onshore renewables business in Europe, including 500 MW of solar and wind assets in operation or under construction, mainly located in Italy and…