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Unilever partners with Arzeda to design new enzyme technologies

Unilever plc (London) and Arzeda (Seattle, Wash.), the industry-leading Protein Design Company, have entered a strategic partnership to apply the latest advances in digital biology to discovering and designing new enzymes. The partnership will impact many of the world’s leading…

UOP to provide diesel-production technology for refinery modernization in Cote d’Ivoire

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that the Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), the state-owned refining company of Cote d’Ivoire, will use Honeywell UOP Distillate Unionfining technology to produce diesel that complies with both AFRI 6 and Euro-V emission standards. The investment…

Shell Catalyst & Technologies and Sulzer Chemtech extend licensing agreement

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has renewed and extended its licensing agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies for the development and distribution of high-capacity tray and phase separation technology. The enhanced global licensing contract will provide customers with greater access…

Malta and Siemens Energy partner to develop turbomachinery for novel energy-storage project

Malta Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), an expert in long-duration energy storage, announced a partnership with Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany) to co-develop the commercial design of innovative new turbomachinery components for Malta’s long-duration energy storage system.  Malta’s Pumped Heat Energy Storage (PHES)…

Shell sells stake in PCK Schwedt Refinery

Shell Deutschland has reached an agreement with Alcmene GmbH (part of the Liwathon Group) for the sale of its non-operated 37.5% shareholding in the Germany PCK Schwedt Refinery. The divestment is part of Shell's strategy to reduce its global refinery…

Sandvik acquires U.S.-based metrology and inspection specialist DWFritz Automation

Sandvik Group (Stockholm, Sweden) has signed an agreement to acquire U.S.-based DWFritz Automation Inc., a leading global provider of precision metrology, inspection- and assembly solutions for advanced manufacturing. DWFritz Automation designs, builds and supports engineer-to-order high-speed, non-contact metrology solutions and…

DuPont Sustainable Solutions acquires Boston-based ESG consulting firm

DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) announced that KKS Advisors (Boston, Mass.), a leading global Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) consulting firm will join DSS. With this acquisition, which was effective June 30, DSS adds to its offerings new intellectual property (IP), methodologies,…

Haldor Topsoe to build catalyst plant in Texas

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) will build a 15,000-ton/yr hydroprocessing-catalyst plant at the company’s existing Bayport production site in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. The plant will increase production capacity of Topsoe’s TK catalyst family to meet increasing demand, both in…

Shell joins Norway’s Aukra Hydrogen Hub

Aker Clean Hydrogen and CapeOmega have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AS Norske Shell to explore opportunities to develop the Aukra Hydrogen Hub to a large-scale production facility for clean hydrogen using natural gas from the local gas processing…

Adnoc joins Japanese firms to develop blue ammonia production

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced participation in a joint study agreement (JSA) with two Japanese companies – INPEX Corporation (INPEX), JERA Co., Inc. (JERA), and a government agency, the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC)…