The revamp approach discussed here can deliver a 5% throughput increase at autothermal reformer (ATR)-based methanol plants without requiring any major equipment replacements or modifications Growing global methanol demand and tightening margins are pushing producers toward brownfield expansions that extract…
IS380.1 is a 4G radio device that runs on this company's IS-OS 16 operating system (based on Android™). It is certified for Zone 1/21 hazardous industrial areas. The device bridges the gap between conventional radio communication and modern mobile networks. …
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that its Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) films manufacturing operations in Buffalo, NY, Louisville, KY and Fayetteville, NC are now powered by 100% renewable electricity through the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This milestone reflects the…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced the opening of its expanded Michigan Technology Center (MTC)—a strategic expansion that strengthens the company’s U.S.-based innovation footprint and advances its Engineered Materials 2026 growth strategy. The center is designed to enable earlier customer engagement,…
AccelaGrade™ is a new quality-control solution for lithium-ion battery remanufacturers. AccelaGrade represents a step-change advance in battery cell diagnostics that is designed to help remanufacturers scale. Remanufacturing battery packs means disassembling, testing and refurbishing used lithium-ion batteries to keep them…
Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF), a leading U.K.-based developer of sustainable e-fuels, announced the selection of Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and bp’s FT CANS™ technology and Honeywell UOP’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Unicracking process technology for its flagship Power-to-Liquid e-fuels facility in…
Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) will begin construction of a new production plant for Cyclo-Olefin Polymers (COP) at its business site in Yuka Town, Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The new plant will produce COP in anticipation of growing demand based on its…
EnergyX (Austin, Tex.) announced that its advanced materials manufacturing is now operational with the commissioning of one of the largest roll-to-roll membrane production machines in North America at its Austin, TX facility. The milestone brings critical process manufacturing onto American…
AGC Vinythai has commenced commercial operations following the planned capacity expansion at its chlor-alkali plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. This project represents one of the largest deployments of Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co.'s KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) e-BiTAC v7 technology…
INEOS Ltd. (London) announced a €300-million investment supported by French government grants that will deliver the next phase of its Lavera regeneration plan and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 331,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), the equivalent of taking over…