BASF SE (Ludiwgshafen, Germany) and The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) have signed a license agreement for the production and distribution of selected EMGARD and Plurasafe industrial lubricant products. The licensing agreement includes the following BASF products: EMGARD 2946; EMGARD CL…
Clean Earth, a division of Enviri Corp., and Veolia North America have executed a long-term collaborative agreement for significant incineration capacity at the new state-of-the-art thermal facility in Southwest Arkansas. The five-year agreement, structured to provide guaranteed access for Clean…
Shell Deutschland GmbH has taken a final investment decision (FID) to convert the hydrocracker of the Wesseling site at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland into a production unit for Group III base oils, used in making high-quality lubricants such…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has expanded its existing long-term agreement for the supply of industrial gases with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), one of the largest steelmaking companies in India. Linde currently supplies oxygen, nitrogen and argon to SAIL’s…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and battery materials manufacturer IBU-tec advanced materials have entered into a research cooperation in the battery sector. The goal of the two German companies is to develop innovative iron oxides for the production of cathode material…
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) has started operation of the largest liquid green hydrogen plant in the U.S. market. A truly unique accomplishment, this is the largest electrolytic liquid hydrogen production plant, and largest PEM electrolyzer deployment operating in the…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) is further expanding the production capacity for hydrogen peroxide at its Shandong Huatai Interox Chemical site in China. Building on its existing partnership with Huatai Chemical, the strategic alliance will enable the site to produce 48,000…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced the final investment decision (FID) for the SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Complex (Sino-Saudi Gulei Ethylene Complex Project) in China’s Fujian province. SABIC FUJIAN Petrochemicals Co. Ltd, a 51:49 joint venture between SABIC Industrial Investment Company (wholly…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to use artificial intelligence (AI) as a means to facilitate and accelerate its research in battery material technologies for electric vehicles, a key growth area for the Group. It…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced the inauguration of its Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) plant at the Zhanjiang Verbund site. The new plant is the largest single TPU production line for BASF globally. The smart factory is built with advanced technologies…