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Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions to provide modernization services for Portuguese cement plant

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions S.A.S. (Aix en Provence, France) was awarded a contract by Secil Group, a major Portuguese cement producer and provider of construction materials, for the modernization project of Secil’s Outão cement plant, one of the 3 cement plants…

Enapter to mass-produce AEM electrolyzers in Germany

Enapter, the leader in breakthrough Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) electrolysis technology, has announced plans to build its first mass-production facility in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The ‘Enapter Campus’ will be built in the climate community of Saerbeck, including both a production…

Arlanxeo sells Canadian olefins business to Mitsubishi

Arlaxeo Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and Diamond Petrochemicals Canada Corporation (DPCC), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp. announced the execution of an agreement between the companies, where Arlaxeo will sell its olefins business to Mitsubishi.Arlaxeo 's olefins business…

Thermo Fisher expands filling capacity in Singapore

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced plans to develop two new sterile filling lines in Singapore to extend capacity to the Asia-Pacific region for the development and manufacture of therapies and vaccines. Established with the support of the Singapore…

Shin-Etsu Silicones expands range of polyglycerin-modified emulsifiers

Shin-Etsu Silicones of America (SESA; Akron, Ohio; ) has advanced its line of super-hydrating polyglycerin-modified silicone emulsifiers, with ingredients that are silicones functionalized with polyglycerin (PG) groups. The new emulsifiers are designed to provide hydrating properties into skincare products. Notably,…

TechnipFMC and McPhy to collaborate on hydrogen electrolysis projects

TechnipFMC (Houston) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with  McPhy Energy S.A. (La Motte Fanjas, France), a leading manufacturer and supplier of carbon-free hydrogen production and distribution equipment, pursuant to which the two companies will jointly work on technology development…

Solvay inaugurates second bio-based solvent plant in Brazil

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium)  has just inaugurated its second plant dedicated exclusively to the manufacturing of its sustainable solvent Augeo, bringing its production capacity for the bio-based solvent from 6,000 up to 20,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Solvay’s sustainable…

Orion Engineered Carbons completes upgrade to Borger, Texas facility

Orion Engineered Carbons LLC (Houston) announced that it has completed an upgrade to its Borger, Texas facility, enabling the plant to run without drawing power from the electrical grid and provide energy back to the regional grid for use in…

Sulzer provides mass-transfer technology for sustainable rubber production

Sulzer Ltd. (Wintherthur, Switzerland) has delivered a customized mass transfer solution to PT Enerco RPO Internasional’s grassroots plant for the production of treated distillate aromatic extract (TDAE) in Batam, Indonesia. The facility features the world’s largest agitated extraction column type…

Evonik to consolidate global methionine production

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is to cluster its MetAMINO (DL-methionine) production at three international hubs (Americas, Europe, and Asia) to maximize economies of scale and utilize robust processes. Evonik is a leading global manufacturer of DL-methionine, an essential amino…