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CSB issues final investigation report on 2023 Marathon plant fire

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) recently released its final investigation report into the November 19, 2023, fire at the Marathon Martinez Renewables facility in Martinez, CA.  The incident seriously injured one employee, who suffered…

Covestro to establish automated laboratory for coatings and adhesives

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has announced that it will open a specifically developed, automated laboratory for optimizing coating and adhesive formulations to provide even better support to its customers in 2025. "With our automated laboratory, we can work together with…

TotalEneriges launches six new energy-storage projects in Germany

TotalEnergies SE (Paris, France) is announcing investment decisions for six battery storage projects. In total, these projects amount to 221 MW of new storage capacity and an investment outlay of €160 million. These projects were developed by Kyon Energy, a…

Chemical Engineering Conversation: A One-Stop Engineering Shop for Ethanol Expansions

In this interview, experts from the Thermal Kinetics division of RCM Technologies discuss an engineering-first approach that helps address market gaps in the fuel-ethanol industry and unlocks capacity-expansion potential for manufacturers Despite significant projected growth in the ethanol sector through…

Honeywell announces name and leadership for Advanced Materials spin-off

Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced key leadership roles for its Advanced Materials business, which will be named Solstice Advanced Materials after its tax-free spin to shareholders targeted to be completed by late 2025 or early 2026. The independent company…

Mitsubishi Chemical Group announces license agreement with SNF Chemicals for N-vinylformamide manufacturing technology

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. (MCG; Tokyo) has concluded a license agreement with SNF Group (Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France) regarding MCG Group’s N-vinylformamide (NVF) manufacturing technology. NVF is a raw material for functional polymers. Using the manufacturing technology licensed under this agreement, SNF…

Samsung E&A awarded contract for Sartorius’ biopharmaceutical materials plant in Korea

Samsung E&A (Seoul, South Korea) has won a contract for the main construction of the Songdo Bio Raw Materials Plant from global life science company Sartorius AG (Göttingen, Germany). On 21 March, Samsung E&A  signed a KRW 518.62 billion contract…

Alfa Laval to acquire Fives Cryogenics business

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has signed a binding put-option agreement to acquire the Fives Cryogenics business unit, part of Fives Group (Paris, France), for a total fixed purchase price of EUR 800 million on a cash and debt-free basis.…

Aquafil starts up first demonstration plant for chemical separation of elastic fiber from nylon

Aquafil S.p.A. (Arco, Italy) announced that it has launched, in Slovenia, the first demonstration plant for the chemical separation of elastic fiber from nylon, an innovative technology that opens new potential in the textile fiber sector, allowing the company to…

Aramco completes acquisition of 50% stake in Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company

Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Air Products Qudra (APQ) announced that Aramco has completed the acquisition of a 50% equity interest in the Jubail-based Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG). The agreement brings together experts in their respective fields with…