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Air Liquide and BASF extend hydrogen, CO supply agreement in Yeosu

Air Liquide (Paris) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have signed a contract in South Korea’s Yeosu National Industrial Complex to extend the term of their existing agreements over the long term. Within this context, Air Liquide leveraged the start-up in…

Nuberg EPC Wins Sprea Misr Sulfuric Acid Plant Project in Egypt

Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) has been awarded the prestigious 500 ton/d sulfuric acid plant project on EPC & LSTK basis in Egypt. The project, which was awarded during the pandemic, is owned by Sprea Misr, a leading chemicals and…

Johnson Matthey supports green hydrogen production with new manufacturing capacity for electrolyzer components

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; Mondon) has taken the next major step in its plans to commercialize technologies to enable production of zero carbon ‘green’ hydrogen, announcing new manufacturing capacity for the production of catalyst coated membranes. This capacity is co-located…

OMV announces expansion and upgrades at Burghausen refinery

OMV AG (Vienna, Austria)  is expanding and modernizing its cracker units and petrochemical cold section at its Burghausen Refinery in Germany. The measures aim to increase the site’s ethylene and propylene production capacity. Following the planned turnaround of the refinery,…

Air Liquide makes a strategic investment to support large-scale renewable hydrogen production in France

Air Liquide (Paris, France) announced a 40% stake acquisition in the capital of the French company H2V Normandy, a subsidiary of H2V Product, which aims to build a large-scale electrolyzer complex of up to 200 MW for the production of…

MAN Energy Solutions acquires PEM electrolyzer manufacturer H-TEC Systems

MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) has announced its acquisition of almost 99% of the shares in H-TEC SYSTEMS, a manufacturer of PEM electrolyzers based in Augsburg, Germany. Subject to approval by the competition authorities, MAN Energy Solutions has acquired the…

Inovyn to provide chlor alkali electrolyzers for new facility in Turkey

Inovyn (London, U.K.) has been selected by Koyuncu Group to supply chlor alkali technology as part of a €16 million investment at a new production facility in Konya province, Turkey. Inovyn will provide BICHLOR bipolar electrolyzers for a new 33,000-m2…

Showa Denko to increase production of aluminum substrates for HD media applications

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) announced that its consolidated subsidiary Showa Denko HD Yamagata K.K. (SHDY) will increase the capacity of production facilities to produce aluminum platters to be used as hard disk media (HD media). SDK has also decided…

Mitsubishi-led consortium starts up $1-billion methanol-DME plant in Trinidad and Tobago

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC), Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) have teamed up with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) and Massy Holdings (Massy), a joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and…

Lonza to sell manufacturing sites in France and the U.K.

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) and NextPharma announced an agreement for the potential sale of Lonza's Ploermel (France) and Edinburgh (U.K.) sites. The agreement is subject to relevant conditions and regulatory approvals. Where applicable, both parties will consult with local Works…