Chemical Engineering
Salt X and ABB expand collaboration for electrification of emission-intensive industries
ABB Inc (Zurich, Switzerland) and Salt X Technology AB (Hägersten, Sweden) have signed an agreement to enable the further development of technologies in the Electric Arc Calcination (EAC) process. ABB will also become a minority shareholder in Salt X. The…
Indorama ammonia plant in Nigeria is first deployment of Clariant’s AI-powered platform for syngas plants
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the release of CLARITY Prime, an advanced digital service for syngas plants, an upgrade of its cloud-based service portal CLARITY. Customers subscribing to the premium services benefit from automated catalyst health alerts and machine-learning-based performance…
Evonik and Desktop Metal expand partnership related to photpolymer materials
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Desktop Metal, a US-based global leader in Additive Manufacturing (AM) 2.0 technologies for mass production, have announced their expanded collaboration on photopolymer and materials development with the qualification of INFINAM ST 6100 L on…
Arkema partners with ISMERT to reduce GHG emissions in acrylics supply chain
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announced its partnership with the carrier ISMERT, part of the MGE Group, to address the challenge of reducing transportation emissions. As the world shifts towards decarbonization, the two companies are taking proactive steps here to reduce…
LyondellBasell licenses PP and HDPE process technologies to Inner Mongolia Rongxin
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Inner Mongolia Rongxin Co., Ltd. (Inner Mongolia Rongxin), will use the LyondellBasell Spheripol and Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (Hostalen ACP) technologies for its new facility. The process technology will be used for…
Exclusive Interview: An Inside Look at Next-Generation Hydrogen Burners
In this exclusive interview, ExxonMobil's Mark Klewpatinond and Zeeco's Eric Pratchard discuss the company's recent strategic alliance surrounding the development and commercialization of an advanced new class of hydrogen-fired burners As many companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) are…
SK bioscience breaks ground for expanded vaccine production plant
SK bioscience announced that the company broke ground on a major expansion of its vaccine manufacturing plant, L HOUSE, located in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Cheol-woo Lee, Governor Gyeongsangbuk-do, GiChang Kwon, Mayor Andong City,…
DIC opens new coating resins plant in India
DIC Corp. (Tokyo) announced that subsidiary IDEAL CHEMI PLAST PRIVATE LTD., based in the Indian state of Maharashtra, opened and commenced operations at a new production facility for coating resins for automotive and infrastructure applications in the state’s Supa Japanese…
Shin-Etsu Chemical to double production capacity for hypromellose acetate succinate
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) plans to make investments to strengthen the pharmaceutical cellulose business. These investments will be implemented in the Naoetsu plant (Joetsu-city, Niigata Pref.). The plan is to double the manufacturing capacity of pharmaceutical excipient hypromellose acetate…
Maire awarded EPCC contract by Sonatrach for new linear alkyl benzene plant in Algeria
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions) has been awarded by Sonatach (Algiers, Algeria) through a tendering process an EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) contract for a new linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant in the…