Lummus Technology (Houston) announced Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL) will license its olefins conversion technology (OCT) and the Lummus/Versalis cumene and phenol technologies for a new plant in West Bengal, India. Once HPL's plant is complete, it will be India's largest cumene…
Solugen (Houston), a rapidly scaling climate technology company that is reimagining the chemistry of everyday life, and ADM Co. (Chicago) announced a strategic partnership to scale a range of innovative, plant-based specialty chemicals and bio-based building block molecules in a…
OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) announced the final investment decision to build an innovative sorting plant developed by Interzero to produce feedstock for chemical recycling. In total, OMV will invest an amount of over EUR 170 mn to build this state-of-the-art…
Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has begun construction of a demo plant in Mantua, Italy to develop Hoop, its proprietary technology for chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. Hoop stems from a joint project with Italian engineering company S.R.S. (Research and…
Veolia North America announced that it has completed the acquisition of U.S. Industrial Technologies, a Michigan-based provider of total waste and recycling services that has managed industrial waste streams for automakers as well as other large manufacturers, medium and small…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced the successful start-up and operation of a pioneering hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol (HPPG) pilot plant at Evonik’s site in Hanau, Germany. Collaboratively developed by Dow, the world’s largest producer…
On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, our guest is Moe Tanabian, the chief product officer at industrial software company Cognite. We talk with Moe about the potential of artificial intelligence-powered large language models (LLMs) to significantly enhance business…
Bio-acrylonitrile Site selection is underway for a glycerol-to-acrylonitrile demonstration-scale plant that will enable the production of plant-based acrylonitrile (ACN). Trillium (Knoxville, Tenn.; www.trilliumchemicals.com) is partnering with Zeton (Oakville, Ont.; www.zeton.com) to design and build the plant, known as Project Falcon.…
Customized wash racks ensure safe cleaning of labware A key option offered with this company’s automated cleaning and disinfecting wash systems, the custom wash rack services (photo) were developed to help pharmaceutical and nutritional-product manufacturers ensure complete cleaning and disinfection…
Being aware of and understanding potential hazards are crucial for operating a heat-transfer-fluid system safely A significant number of industrial processes require heating or cooling with precise temperature control. Maintaining this temperature control can be achieved through several industrial practices,…