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LanzaTech awarded contract to build bagasse-to-ethanol plant in India

LanzaTech Global, Inc (Skokie, Ill.), has been awarded a contract by Spray Engineering Devices Ltd (SED; Mohali, Punjab, India), a leading provider of sustainable energy solutions, to build a next-generation ethanol facility using sugarcane bagasse, a widely available agricultural waste…

Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals and Mitsubishi Chemical enter agreement for ethylene production decarbonization

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo) have explored measures to promote decarbonization and optimize production capacity for their two ethylene manufacturing facilities in western Japan. To achieve these goals, the three companies applied…

Biotalys and 21st.BIO enter into strategic partnership for agricultural bio control products

Biotalys (Ghent, Belgium; www.biotalys.com) and 21st.BIO (Søborg, Denmark; 21st.bio), a leading Danish precision fermentation technology company, have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the production of Biotalys’ protein-based biocontrol solutions. This collaboration will leverage 21st.BIO’s proprietary fermentation platform to…

Topsoe selected as technology provider for major SAF project in China

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected technology provider by the Tangshan Jinlihai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Tangshan Jinlihai), a developer and provider of renewable fuels. Topsoe will provide its Hydroflex® technology and related services for Tangshan Jinlihai industrial hub with…

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…

Cabot and DUNLOP to collaborate on circular carbon in tire production

DUNLOP Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cabot Corp. (Boston) to evaluate the commercial adoption of circular reinforcing carbons made with Cabot’s patented regenerated carbon technology. This innovative circular reinforcing carbon powered by…

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…

Palamatic Process will launch innovation center for powder processing in France

Palamatic Process (Brécé, France; www.palamaticprocess.com), experts in powder-handling solutions, will open a new $6-million innovation and center of excellence in 2026 in Brittany, at its headquarters. The objective is to welcome any industrial company wishing to test powder-based products, receive…

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…

Econotherm awarded contract for heat-pipe heat exchangers at Netherlands refinery

Econotherm (Bridgend, U.K.; www.econotherm.co.uk) has been awarded a contract exceeding €3 million for the supply of three fired heater air pre-heaters in a Rotterdam-based refinery. The project, which is being undertaken by the refiner as part of its overall greenhouse-gas…