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TotalEnergies launches new battery storage project in Belgium

TotalEnergies (Paris) announced the development of a new energy-storage project at TotalEnergies’ depot in Feluy. It will have a power rating of 25 MW and capacity of 75 MWh, thanks to the forty Intensium Max High Energy lithium-ion containers supplied…

Wood selected to expand biopharma manufacturing hub in South Korea

Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has been selected by leading biopharmaceutical firm, Celltrion, to expand its Songdo biopharma manufacturing hub in Incheon, South Korea. Under this contract, Wood will provide detailed engineering design for a new facility that will increase manufacturing capacity…

Kurita Water Industries merges businesses in Canada

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Tokyo) announced that Kurita Canada Inc. (KCI), a consolidated subsidiary mainly engaged in the sale of water treatment chemicals in Canada, and Keytech Water Management (KTWM), a wholly owned subsidiary of KCI mainly engaged in the…

Sika acquires Kwik Bond Polymers

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has acquired Kwik Bond Polymers, LLC (KBP), a manufacturer of polymer systems for the refurbishment of concrete infrastructure. For over 30 years, KBP has focused on the refurbishment of bridge decks and has established an impressive…

Nextchem and Vallourec to integrate green-ammonia and hydrogen-storage technologies

MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that Nextchem, through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, and Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions for the energy markets, agreed to cooperate on the integration of NEXTCHEM’s proprietary green ammonia technology with Vallourec’s Delphy hydrogen…

KBR ammonia technology selected by El Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals in Egypt

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its Purifier ammonia technology was selected by Wuhuan Engineering Co. Ltd. for the expansion of El Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals’ (NCIC) fertilizer complex in Egypt. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide…

Toray to operate sewage-reuse demonstration plant in Chennai, India

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it will start demonstrating a sewage reuse system employing its water treatment membranes in Chennai, India. The nation’s swift urbanization has caused water demand to surge, particularly in large cities. Another challenge is that…

Archroma to expand manufacturing complex in South Carolina

Archroma (Basel, Switzerland) announced that the company will be expanding its operations in Martin, South Carolina, to better serve its customers. The expansion will include a $750,000 investment in the facility and equipment at the Allendale County plant and 6…

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Genesis Fertilizers to conceptually develop reduced-emission fertilizer plant in Canada

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) and Genesis Fertilizers Limited Partnership have signed a Pre-FEED (front-end engineering and design) contract to conceptually develop an integrated fertilizer complex to be located at Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan in Canada. The proposed plant will be designed…

JGC awarded FEED contract for green hydrogen and methylcyclohexane project in Malaysia

JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) was awarded the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a green hydrogen and methylcyclohexane (MCH) production plant in Malaysia by ENEOS Corp.  and Sumitomo Corp. . ENEOS and Sumitomo, in collaboration with SEDC Energy, a company…