Chemical Engineering
Breaking the ‘impossible’ barrier: How advanced filtration is revolutionizing optical film recycling
Manufacturers across all industries face mounting pressure to demonstrate progress with a circular economy business model while maintaining exacting performance standards. Yet one sector has long been considered beyond the reach of meaningful recycling: high-performance optical films. These critical components…
Toyo Engineering’s synthesis technology selected for world’s largest urea plant
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) announced that its proprietary urea synthesis and granulation license has been selected for the world’s largest urea plant planned by BUA Chemicals Limited (BUA), a chemical fertilizer manufacturer in Nigeria. The plant will consist of two…
Covestro begins production at new TPU site in Zhuhai, China
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has commenced production at its new thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) manufacturing site in Zhuhai, a coastal city in South China. The first phase, representing a mid-double-digit million-euro investment, will produce approximately 30,000 tons of TPU annually, meeting…
AI-driven water demand to surge nearly 130% by 2050, new research suggests
The rapid global expansion of artificial intelligence is set to drive a 129% increase in water demand across the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain by 2050, according to new research by Xylem Inc. (Washington, D.C.; www.xylem.com) and Global Water Intelligence…
Sumitomo Bakelite to acquire chemical business from Kyocera
Sumitomo Bakelite Co. (Tokyo) announced plans to acquire all shares of a company newly established by Kyocera Corp., and thereafter will succeed part of the Chemical Business from Kyocera by an absorption-type company split. By acquiring shares of the New…
Jacobs to modernize major wastewater-treatment facility in California
Jacobs has been selected as the progressive design-build contractor for upgrades to the San José–Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF) in California. This $200 million project will modernize the city's biosolids treatment infrastructure, delivering long-term reliability at the second largest…
Flocean selected as winner of World Economic Forum Water Resilience Challenge
Flocean AS (Oslo, Norway) has been selected as a winner of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) prestigious Water Resilience Challenge. Amidst a record number of applications, Flocean was selected by UpLink, the global change platform of WEF that seeks to…
Lummus invests in InnoVent Renewables to advance tire-recycling technology
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced a strategic investment in InnoVent Renewables to accelerate deployment of its proprietary tire recycling technology. “Investing in InnoVent reinforces our commitment to advancing sustainable, circular technologies that solve real environmental challenges,” said Leon de Bruyn, President…
Zeeco completes acquisition of Devco Process Heaters
Zeeco, Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.) announced the acquisition of Devco Process Heaters, a Tulsa-based fired-heater design and technology company. The move strengthens Zeeco's position in the United States midstream oil and gas market. Through its newly expanded capabilities, Zeeco will be…
Borealis invests €49 million in Burghausen, Germany to scale up PP manufacturing
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) announces a €49 million strategic investment to scale up production of Borstar® Nextension polypropylene (PP) at its manufacturing site in Burghausen, Germany. This will expand commercial production of next-generation single-site polypropylene (ssPP) grades that deliver enhanced…