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Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s carbon-capture and green-ammonia technologies selected for fertilizer production in Egypt

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has been selected by MOPCO – Misr Fertilizers Production Company (Egypt) – to supply advanced technology for three existing ammonia and urea plants in Damietta, Egypt, to enhance the sustainability of their production. Using an…

CE Podcast: Editorial Roundup for March 2025

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, the editorial team, led by editorial director Dorothy Lozowski, highlights articles in the March issue of the magazine, as well as some of the recent coverage on the Chemical Engineering website.   Listen…

AGC and Saint-Gobain inaugurate pilot flat-glass production line in Czechia

AGC Inc. (Tokyo) and Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) have inaugurated the new Volta production line  at the AGC Barevka plant in Czechia. Volta is a breakthrough pilot project aiming to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions and support the transition to sustainable…

Sumitomo Chemical acquires liquid-crystal-polymer resin business from Syensqo

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has acquired the assets of a liquid-crystal-polymer (LCP) neat resin business from Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium). By incorporating the products and technology acquired from Syensqo through this acquisition, the Company will strengthen its system for…

Nouryon to double production capacity for chromatography media in Sweden

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced the expansion of its Kromasil chromatography-media manufacturing facility in Bohus, Sweden. Construction will begin in early 2025, and the start of production is expected in early 2027. This expansion will double the facility’s capacity to…

Chemical manufacturers report rising cost pressures and weak demand, according to ACC data

Chemical manufacturer sentiment declined over the second half of 2024, according to the latest findings from the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Chemical Manufacturing Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). ACC’s index, based on companies’ assessment of their activity level…

Electrochemistry as a driver of decarbonization in the chemicals sector

Despite the urgent need for decarbonization of industrial processes, carbon dioxide emissions from the industrial-scale manufacture of chemicals often prove difficult to abate and are on track to increase over the next decade. Some industrial sectors, such as power generation…

POET and Tallgrass collaborate on carbon-capture project at Nebraska bioprocessing plant

POET LLC, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, and Tallgrass, a leading infrastructure company, announced that they have entered into definitive agreements to connect POET’s Fairmont, Nebraska bioprocessing facility to the Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. Under the arrangement,…

OMV Petrom starts construction of sustainable fuels production unit at Petrobrazi Refinery

OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) announced the start of construction for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the Petrobrazi refinery. This new facility will position OMV Petrom as the first major producer of sustainable…

BASF to build new alcoholates plant in Ludwigshafen

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is investing a mid-double-digit million-euro amount in a new alcoholates plant at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant will produce sodium methylate and potassium methylate, two important chemicals used for the production of biodiesel and…