Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) and Yokohawa Rubber Co. (Hiratsuka, Japan) have agreed to establish a bench-scale facility to demonstrate a new technology for producing butadiene from ethanol derived from plant-based and other sustainable materials with high efficiency. The facility will be…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has announced two large-scale electrolyzer projects to produce renewable and low-carbon hydrogen in Europe. In the first project, ELYgator, an Air Liquide 200-MW electrolyzer will supply both TotalEnergies’ industrial platform and other European industrial and heavy-duty…
Trelleborg Group AB (Trelleborg, Sweden) has, through its Trelleborg Industrial Solutions business area, signed an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based pipe repair specialists NuFlow Technologies. NuFlow, headquartered in Escondido, California, produces specialist liners, resins, and equipment for small-diameter pipe repair.…
MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) has produced a diesel fuel containing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the refinery of Slovnaft in Bratislava. The quality of the products has been verified by radioisotope analysis by the independent…
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has invested in Twelve Benefit Corp; (Berkeley, Calif.) a startup company developing E-Jet fuel, a synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from clean energy, water, and CO2. Synthetic fuels are liquid fuels produced through chemical…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) is entering the global market with eco-friendly raw materials derived from vegetable oils. The company announced that it will commence the production of bio-acrylic acid in the second quarter of this year. Production capacity…
Chemical production was up in the U.S. in December, according to new data published today by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) “U.S. chemical production continued to expand during the last month of 2024, up by 1.2%” said…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been awarded a project to license its proprietary urea technology to Amufert S.A. (Amufert), a joint venture fertilizer company in the Republic of Angola. The project involves the construction of one of the world’s largest…
Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business segment of Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.), will supply a 100-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system for bp's Lingen green-hydrogen project in Germany. This project, bp's largest hydrogen production plant to date, will…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have formed a new strategic alliance to accelerate development and commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) pathway. The goal of the alliance is to leverage the most advantaged…