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Innovafeed opens insect innovation center in Decatur, Ill.

Innovafeed (Paris, France), a global leader in the production of insect ingredients for high-quality animal feed, pet food and plant nutrition, inaugurated its North American Insect Innovation Center (NAIIC) in Decatur, Illinois on the 18th of April. This pilot plant…

IOCL selects Lummus’ cumene technology for new plant

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL)selected the Lummus/Versalis cumene technology for a 440,000-ton/yr unit in Paradip, India. The new cumene unit is part of a grassroots petrochemical and polymers expansion at IndianOil's complex in Paradip. "Our cumene…

Technip Energies awarded FEED contract for CCS project at major waste-to-energy plant in the U.K.

Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Viridor for the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project at one of the United Kingdom’s largest Energy-from-Waste facilities in Runcorn, United Kingdom. The project aims to capture…

Lummus Technology opens water-treatment R&D facility in Texas

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the opening of its cutting-edge research and development (R&D) facility dedicated to advancing its Zimpro suite of water and wastewater treatment technologies. Officially named the Lummus Green Circle Labs and located in La Porte, Texas, the…

KBR phenol technology selected for SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Complex

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals to license KBR's market-leading phenol technology in China. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and proprietary engineering design for a…

Cepsa and Evos join forces for green-methanol storage in Spain and the Netherlands

Cepsa Química (Madrid, Spain) has signed an agreement with Evos, a leading liquid energy and chemical storage company with hubs in strategic locations across Europe, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage…

Perstorp opens wastewater purification facility at Stenungsund production site

Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has celebrated the opening of a facility that will enable wastewater from the water treatment plant run by the municipality to be further purified and reused for cooling at the Perstorp Oxo production plant in Stenungsund.…

CF Industries and JERA to develop low-carbon ammonia project in the U.S.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and JERA Co., Inc. (Tokyo) , Japan’s largest energy company,  announced that they have executed a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the development of greenfield low-carbon ammonia production capacity at CF Industries’ Blue…

Arkema acquires majority stake in ionic liquids startup firm

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake of nearly 78% in Proionic, a leading startup in the production and development of ionic liquids, which are key components for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries.…

Solvay opens production unit in Italy for new blowing-agent product

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced the opening of its Alve-One production unit in Rosignano, Italy. This marks a new milestone with the launch of a significant European production facility for Alve-One, a chemical blowing agent eco-designed to transform the thermoplastic foaming…