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Chevron Lummus Global and Taqat announce license agreement for needle coke/synthetic graphite complex

Chevron Lummus Global LLC, (CLG) announced a recent contract award from TAQAT Development Company for a new 75,000-ton/yr needle coke/synthetic graphite complex in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, Chevron Lummus Global will provide pilot plant testing, licensing, basic design,…

Mol Group acquires Szarvas Biogas Plant

MOL Group has agreed on a deal with BayWa AG on the purchase of Szarvas Biogas Plant, a waste processing plant using organic wastes to produce electricity and heat through cogeneration with a peak electric power capacity of around 4…

LG Water Solutions selected for major desalination project in Israel

LG Water Solutions, LG Chem’s business unit specialized in water treatment and a leading manufacturer of NanoH2O reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, announced that it has been selected as the exclusive RO membrane supplier for the Ashdod Rehabilitation Project in Israel,…

SAR Technology Inc. contracts MECS for spent-acid regeneration plant

SAR Technology Inc. (SAR Inc.), located in Tainan, Taiwan, has contracted with MECS, Inc. (MECS), a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies (Elessent), for the supply of MECS proprietary technology and equipment in support of a new spent acid regeneration plant.…

Avient installs new thermoplastic production line in Shanghai

Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced the addition of its first production line for Complēt and OnForce long fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites in Asia. The new line was installed at Avient’s Asia regional headquarters in Shanghai to help meet the increased…

Emerson to automate Syzygy Plasmonics’ photocatalytic reactor platform

Emerson (St Louis, Mo.) has been chosen by Syzygy Plasmonics to automate its innovative catalyst reactor technology that uses light instead of thermal energy, such as heat generated from burning fossil fuels, for chemical manufacturing. The all-electric production method is…

TotalEnergies launches its largest battery-energy storage project in Europe at Antwerp refinery

Saft has announced that TotalEnergies SE (Paris) has launched at its Antwerp refinery (Belgium), a battery farm project for energy storage with a power rating of 25 MW and capacity of 75 MWh, equivalent to the daily consumption of close…

Técnicas Reunidas signs contract for Pacific Green Fertilizer’s new plant in Washington

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has signed a contract with the green fertilizer company Atlas Agro (AA) for the development of a zero-carbon fertilizer plant, Pacific Green Fertilizer (PGF), in the Northwest of the United States, close to Richland,…

Asahi Kasei to invest in 3D-printing startup Castor Technologies

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) has decided to invest in Castor Technologies Ltd., an Israeli startup specialized in the development of 3D printing software. In addition to utilizing CASTOR’s software and services, the investment will allow Asahi Kasei to pursue synergies…

Arkema acquires adhesives manufacturer Polytec PT

Arkema SA (Colombes, France) is acquiring Polytec PT, a company specialized in adhesives for batteries and electronics. With the planned acquisition of Polytec PT, Arkema will strengthen Bostik’s product offer to serve the fast-growing batteries and electronics markets. This bolt-on acquisition…