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Liquid Wind selects AFRY for basic engineering work on second e-fuels facility

The Swedish electrofuel developer Liquid Wind (Gothenburg, Sweden) has selected AFRY AB (Stockholm, Sweden) to provide basic engineering for the balance of plant for its second electrofuel facility in Sweden – FlagshipTWO in Sundsvall. Liquid Wind’s ambition, together with Sundsvall…

Sika sells MBCC admixture business to Ineos

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) and INEOS Enterprises, a subsidiary of Ineos Ltd. (London), have signed an agreement for the acquisition of MBCC Group’s admixtures business in the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK and its entire operations in Australia and…

Unigel partners with Elessent Clean Technologies for sulfuric acid plant in Brazil

Brazilian chemical maker Unigel RI (Unigel) – one of Latin America's largest chemical companies and Brazil's top manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers – has contracted with MECS, Inc. (MECS), a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies, for the construction of a new…

Plug Power holds ribbon-cutting for fuel-cell plant in New York

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) recently held a ceremony its new 407,000 square foot fuel cell manufacturing facility in Slingerlands, N.Y., for a ribbon cutting alongside U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul.…

JERA announces clean ammonia partnerships with Yara and CF Industries

JERA Co., Inc. (Tokyo) has announced a pair of separate partnerships related to clean ammonia production. Firstly, JERA has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for potential collaboration for the joint project development and sales & purchase of clean ammonia…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde and ADNOC collaborating on commercial-scale ammonia-cracking projects

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a long-term partnership to create new markets for hydrogen and promote global clean energy value chains. The MoU was signed on January…

Braskem evaluating bio-based polypropylene production in the U.S.

Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced a project to evaluate an investment in producing carbon negative bio-based polypropylene (PP) in the U.S. The project would utilize Braskem's proven, proprietary technology to convert bioethanol into physically segregated bio-based polypropylene. Braskem is…

Sekisui Chemical to construct new U.S. plant for produce thermal gap-filler materials

Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan) has decided to establish a new plant in the United States to produce thermal gap filler materials for EVs (electric vehicles) and other environmental friendly vehicles of its consolidated subsidiary, Skeisui Polymatech. Construction of the…

Solvay invests in Livorno site to promote circular silica product

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) is investing at its Livorno site, in Italy, to launch the company’s first unit of circular highly dispersible silica (HDS), made with bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash. This new breakthrough silicate process provides…

BASF announces capacity expansion for polymer dispersions in Indonesia

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced an investment in the capacity expansion of polymer dispersions at its production site in Merak, Indonesia. The expansion is in line with the growing trend of high-quality packaging in ASEAN where key paper and…