Invista (Wichita, Kan.) has opened the Texas Technology Center (TTC), a $13-million technology hub and research and development center in the Houston metro area. The nearly 40,000-square-foot facility located in Katy, Texas, which Invista first announced in August of last…
Schneider Electric SE (Paris) announced its patent to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to help reduce the likelihood process safety hazards. The innovation automatically, or semi-automatically, analyzes potential process hazards and validates protection mechanisms in an industrial process. It is then…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), Anglo American (London, U.K.) and De Beers Group (Antwerp, Belgium) entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to pilot the production of feedstock for renewable diesel. This is an important initiative for both companies as…
Grupa Azoty SA (Tarnów, Poland) is set to begin producing its new multi-component fertilizer – POLIFOSKA Multi S – a product containing 23% sulfur at its Police facilities. This launch marks the latest addition to the company's fertilizer portfolio, joining…
Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) and Kyuden International Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), a member of the Kyuden Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration in hydrogen and ammonia trading activities, renewable energy and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS)…
Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB (Göteborg, Sweden) announced that its subsidiary Smoltek Hydrogen has entered a strategic collaboration with Heraeus Precious Metals to elevate the functional efficiency of porous transport electrodes in proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers to new heights. Smoltek…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria)is increasing its presence in Southeast Asia with the opening of a new plant in Thailand, following a year of construction. In addition to production and administration, the new, 24,000-m2 building in Chachoengsao, near Bangkok, includes a…
Zeeco (Broken Arrow, Okla.) has launched the Advanced Research Complex (ARC), the newest addition to its Global Technology Center (GTC), in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The GTC is also home to the world’s largest industrial-scale combustion research and test facility. Company…
OLI Systems, Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.) has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This award will enable the development of OLI's CO₂ Transport Asset Integrity Model, an innovative solution…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award from SHCCIG Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the SHCCIG Group, for its superabsorbent polymer (SAP) technology. This marks the first commercial deployment of Lummus' SAP technology since it was added to the…