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Amcor adopts ExxonMobil’s circular PE plastic into its packaging products

Amcor plc (Zurich, Switzerland) announced it is the first company to purchase certified circular polyethylene material using ExxonMobil’s Exxtend technology for advanced recycling. Amcor will leverage this new material across its global portfolio, providing customers in healthcare and food industries…

Next Hydrogen signs MoU with Black & Veatch to develop large-scale green hydrogen projects

Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers, is pleased to announce it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) to offer a complete and integrated solution for producing large-scale green hydrogen…

Technip Energies and Alterra Energy to jointly develop sustainable plastics projects

Technip Energies (Paris) and Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio) have signed a global joint development and collaboration agreement to integrate Alterra’s commercially available liquefaction process technology with Technip Energies’ pyrolysis oil purification technology to maximize adoption of recycled feedstock and improve…

Sumitomo and PILOT Corp. to develop new horizontal plastics-recycling technology

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) and PILOT Corp. announced that the companies will jointly develop new recycling technology for decolorizing printed layers of plastic packages and containers, which will enable horizontal recycling of plastic products—recycling used plastic products back to…

Amyris begins commissioning new fermentation plant in Brazil

Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) announced that it has started the commissioning of its new fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita is a strategic investment with which Amyris leads the biotechnology sector with manufacturing at…

Technip Energies and Clariant sign collaboration agreement for cellulosic ethanol process

Technip Energies (Paris) and Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation of Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. By choosing Technip Energies, sunliquid customers can benefit from combining Clariant’s proven technology with Technip…

Encina to build advanced recycling plant in Pennsylvania

Encina Development Group (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced plans to invest $1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility in Point Township, Pennsylvania that would create 300 new full-time jobs. This proposed state-of-the-art facility, named The Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility,…

Jacobs awarded contract from Singapore’s National Water Agency for decarbonization of water-treatment processes

Jacobs (Dallas, Tex.) was appointed by PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, to provide professional engineering services for the development of the new greasy waste (GWTF) and food waste treatment facilities (FWTF) to maximize energy and resource recovery at the Changi…

Compact Membrane Systems and Braskem start up demonstration plant for membrane-enabled paraffin separations

Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. (CMS; Newport, Del.), a pioneer in membrane systems for energy transition applications and Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced that the long-awaited pilot demonstration of CMS's Optiperm technology for light olefin paraffin separation has started up at…

Bloom Energy deploys solid-oxide electrolyzer technology in South Korea

Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) announced the first international deployment of its high temperature solid-oxide electrolyzer. The successful 130 kilowatt (kW) installation in Gumi, South Korea, further propels Bloom Energy’s efforts to enable a hydrogen-fueled economy following the commercial launch…