Charles Ross & Son Co. (Haupauge, N.Y.; www.mixers.com) announced the creation of the U.S. Battery Machine Builders (US BMB), a new initiative dedicated to fortifying the U.S. battery supply chain by encouraging adoption of American-made machines and equipment. Ross joined…
A growing number of process operations are adopting artificial intelligence (AI). In a 2021 McKinsey Global Manufacturing Survey, 56 percent of respondents said their organizations had done so—up from 50 percent the prior year. Autonomous control AI can make a…
Unipar (São Paulo, Brazil) is modernizing its chlor-alkali plant at the Cubatão plant in Brazil by incorporating electrolyzers from thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany; ). To modernize the plant, the Brazilian chemical company, a leader in the…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) across the nation and accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen — a valuable energy product that can be produced with…
On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, we speak with Joana Adriano, the Global Talent Acquisition Manager at the Solvay Group. Joana discusses the image of the chemicals industry among younger science and engineering graduates and shares her experiences…
Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) has begun to search for and develop projects for the construction and operation of biomethane production plants from agricultural and livestock waste to decarbonize its industrial activity, replacing the use of natural gas with this renewable gas.…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), and two of its Group companies - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Corporation (MHI-AC&R) - have commenced joint demonstration testing of a system that liquefies…
Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland) has signed an MoU with Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo) to explore building a world-scale ultra low-carbon ammonia facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The proposed plant would produce approximately 1.2 million tons per year of clean ammonia by incorporating…
A look back at the history of the digital transformation in the chemical process industries (CPI) can help guide current strategies for leveraging digital tools for the benefit of humans and the planet. The main story in the chemical process…
EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada, celebrated the grand opening of its newest factory in Chandler, Arizona. The opening of the site is part of the "Level Up" growth program announced…