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Mitsui Kinzoku begins mass production of next-generation glass carrier for semiconductor-packaging applications

With plans to commercialize High Resolution De-bondable Panel  (HRDP), a special glass carrier for next-generation semiconductor packaging devices, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kinzoku; Tokyo) has been working toward the establishment of a system for mass production in…

Lynas announces plans to build rare-earth separation plant in Texas

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. (East Perth, Australia) has entered into an agreement with the United States Government to build a commercial Light Rare Earths separation plant in the United States, through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Lynas USA LLC. This…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shell and Vattenfall to collaborate on Hamburg green-hydrogen project

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell; The Hagues, the Netherlands), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo), Vattenfall AB (Stockholm, Sweden) and municipal company Wärme Hamburg are planning a pathway to jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg…

DSM adds Maag pelletizing lines for compounding-plant expansion in Indiana

 MAAG Group, part of Dover, announced that it has been selected by Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands) to supply them with several automatic strand pelletizing lines (Jet Stream Granulation System – JSG) for the extensive modernization and expansion of their…

Hanwha Solutions acquires hydrogen-tank specialist Cimarron Composites

Hanwha Solutions (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it signed a deal to acquire a 100% stake in Cimarron Composites, an American high-pressure tank manufacturer. Cimarron Composites originally began as an internal venture at NASA in 2008 by Tom DeLay, 23-year…

McDermott awarded liquid-hydrogen storage study

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a study by a leading natural gas producer to research opportunities to expand current liquid hydrogen storage capacity limits. "Industry leaders across the energy spectrum recognize…

Phillip 66 awarded $3-million DOE grant to develop solid-oxide fuel cells

Phillips 66 (Houston) announced it has received a $3-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the development of high-performance reversible solid-oxide fuel cells. Phillips 66 will collaborate with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to…

CAC completes water electrolysis plant for international research project to reduce CO2 emissions

Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC; Chemnitz, Germany; www.cac-chem.de) has successfully completed a water electrolysis plant at the RWE site in Niederaussem, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, as part of the international, globally unique research project ALIGN-CCUS. The goal of this project is to…

Corbion to expand lactic acid capacity in Nebraska

Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) will increase its capacity for producing lactic acid in North America by around 40% to meet the growing demand for natural ingredients in multiple industries. The investment in capacity expansion at Corbion's Blair, Neb., plant reinforces…

Vattenfall and Preem make progress on green-hydrogen collaboration

The collaboration between Vattenfall AB and Preem AB (both Stockholm, Sweden), aimed at producing fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, is entering its next phase. A study is now being conducted to examine opportunities for building a large-scale production facility at…