Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) and Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) announced the signing of a non-exclusive Joint Development Agreement (JDA) on production process technologies for cathode active materials (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries. Under the agreement, Umicore will evaluate…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its licensed TC2C crude-to-chemicals technology will move forward in its first commercial deployment through S-Oil's Shaheen Project in South Korea. S-Oil recently confirmed its final investment decision on the Shaheen Project. Once complete, Shaheen will be…
Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has acquired a stake in the tech startup Saralon. The young company specializes in the development of inks for printing electronics. In addition, it offers prefabricated electronic components that enable printers to quickly build capacities for…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) is opening a new plant for liquid membranes and mortar production in Chongqing, a city in southwestern China with 30 million inhabitants. By commissioning the new plant, Sika is expanding its position in this rapidly growing…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company, has acquired the technology to produce enzymes for second-generation ethanol from Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands). The agreement has a strategic value for Versalis as it integrates with proprietary Proesa technology,…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been chosen as technology provider to Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), an industrial scale low carbon hydrogen-ammonia joint venture project by Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW), Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia. To deliver the 7.2 million metric…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) is investing in a unique project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion liters of fresh water per year. The project…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) is set to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China, to boost its support for pharmaceutical, personal care, home care, and industrial application customers. The CHF 80 million investment will see capacity increases…
The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a world scale petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia. The ‘Amiral’ complex will be owned, operated, and…