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Elkem and Enova join forces to expand biocarbon availbility

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) has been awarded NOK 87 million by Enova to develop industrial biocarbon solutions that can increase the share of renewable carbon used at Norwegian smelters. The project, which has a total budget of NOK 242 million…

Avoid siloed systems and security concerns with this new supply-chain management platform

Loftware Connect is a new platform that redefines how organizations manage product identification across global supply chains, by introducing the industry’s first secure, scalable network that connects companies with their trading partners, replacing fragmented coordination with a unified digital foundation…

Nippon Shokubai to expand LiFSI production capacity in China

Nippon Shokubai Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) announced that it will expand its production facilities with an additional 10,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of production capacity for LiFSI (lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, trade name: IONEL), a lithium salt used as an electrolyte for…

BASF Aroma Ingredients launches new plants in Germany and China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Aroma Ingredients business unit has launched three newly built world-scale plants – menthol and linalool in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and citral in Zhanjiang, China. This announcement follows the inauguration ceremony of BASF’s Zhanjiang Verbund…

A fast-acting rotary batch mixer for abrasive materials

A new GB-35-ARL rotary batch mixer for glass mix/cullet, sand, ceramics, refractories, aggregates and other dry bulk abrasive materials achieves total uniformity in one to three minutes in batches from 5 to 35 cu. ft. (0.14 to 1 m3), regardless…

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Economic Indicators: May 2026

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for February 2026 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The most current increase is the sixth consecutive monthly rise, and pushes the CEPCI value to…

2026 CEPCI updates: February (prelim.) and January (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for February 2026 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The most current increase is the sixth consecutive monthly rise, and pushes the CEPCI value to…

Dow and RDM Group collaborate on food packaging made with recycled fiber and plastic

Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com), a global materials science company, and RDM Group (Milan, Italy; www.rdmgroup.com), a leading producer of recycled cartonboard, today announced the launch of Multiboard CirculaRR, a breakthrough solution that advances circularity in food barrier packaging.…

First-of-a-kind project will integrate H2SITE membrane separation technology at Petronor refinery

H2SITE, a technology company specialized in advanced hydrogen production and separation solutions, has signed a strategic agreement with Petronor S.A., a leading refinery and key industrial player in the energy sector, to deploy its high-efficiency hydrogen separation technology at Petronor’s…

Johnson Matthey technology selected for new biomethanol plant in China

Guangdong Liquid Sunshine has selected Johnson Matthey (JM; London) as a technology partner for its first commercial-scale project - a biomethanol plant planned in Tiandong County, Guangxi. The two companies, alongside the East China Engineering Science and Technology Co. (ECEC),…