NatureWorks LLC (Plymouth, Minn.) has made significant progress on the construction of their new fully integrated Ingeo PLA biopolymer manufacturing facility in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand. As a fully integrated PLA complex, the plant will include three manufacturing facilities: lactic…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has completed construction of Bayer’s first global Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, California. “Fluor’s innovative plant layout and modularized construction approach allowed this facility to be built safely and with capital efficiency,”…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has signed an agreement to develop, scale up and produce proprietary fixed bed catalysts for mobile applications of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies Technologies’ proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology based on benzyl toluene (BT). The…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for August 2023 (most recent available) is unchanged from the previous month, although some of the subindices making up the composite index changed higher and lower. In August, the Equipment…
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.…