Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) held the groundbreaking ceremony in Changshu, Suzhou for its large-scale fuel cell catalyst plant. With the increasing popularity of green hydrogen, the demand for fuel cell catalyst products is growing rapidly. Over the past 30 years,…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London), a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Basecamp Research, a leader in mapping biodiversity for computational bio-design, today announced their partnership to accelerate the adoption of more sustainable, bio-based catalysts. Biocatalysts are used across a…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has reached an understanding with Canadian company Standard Lithium on key points for further cooperation on the latter's lithium project at the LANXESS site in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. Accordingly, in the event of industrial production…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it has closed its acquisition of Incitec Pivot Limited’s (IPL) ammonia production complex located in Waggaman, Louisiana. Under the terms of the agreement, CF Industries purchased the Waggaman ammonia plant and related…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been awarded engineering and procurement contract for an acetylene black project by Denka SCGC Advanced Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture company of Denka Company Ltd. and SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand). Acetylene Black…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced that it has completed the previously reported sale of its Texas City Operations to INEOS Acetyls. Texas City Operations was previously part of Eastman’s Chemical Intermediates segment. Eastman has retained ownership of its plasticizer…
Although almost everyone in the chemicals industry considers research and development (R&D) to be the primary engine of innovation and growth, R&D investment has been stuck at about 2.5% of revenue for the last 15 years. If that sounds like…
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Now in its 27th year, the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards recognize and promote chemical technologies that reduce hazards to people and the environment by incorporating the principles of green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture and use. The program is sponsored…
In traditional beer brewing, the progress of the fermentation process is typically checked manually, by inserting a hydrometer (beer spindle) that measures the density, from which the extract content of the wort can be derived — a procedure that not…