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Dow and SCGC enter partnership for transformation of plastic waste into circular products

Dow (Midland, Mich.) and SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand) announced the signing of a first-of-its kind memorandum of understanding (MOU) circularity partnership in the Asia Pacific region to transform 200,000 tons/yr of plastic waste into circular products by 2030. This…

AstraZeneca to build $1.5-billion manufacturing plant in Singapore

AstraZeneca (Cambridge, U.K.) intends to build a $1.5-billion manufacturing facility in Singapore for antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), enhancing global supply of its ADC portfolio. ADCs are next-generation treatments that deliver highly potent cancer-killing agents directly to cancer cells through a…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey join forces to offer an integrated solution for ‘blue’ ammonia technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London, U.K.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer a fully integrated low-carbon (blue) ammonia technology, building on a nearly 25-year ammonia relationship between the companies. In the…

Holcim breaks ground on net-zero cement plant in Belgium

Holcim (Zug, Switzerland)  hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at its state-of-the-art GO4ZERO plant engineered to produce 2 million tons of net-zero cement per year by 2029 in Obourg, Belgium. With a planned investment of over €500 million, the GO4ZERO project will…

Veolia wins $320-million water-technology contract for world-scale desalination plant in Dubai

Veolia S.A. (Paris) through its subsidiary SIDEM, will engineer and supply key technology for the Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Commissioned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and ACWA Power, the plant will be…

Mitsui sets up joint venture to build battery-recycling plant in Japan

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) has agreed to set up a new joint venture for lithium-ion battery recycling with VOLTA INC. (Fujinomiya City, Japan) and Miracle Eternal PTE LTD. (Singapore). J-Cycle Inc., the new joint venture company, was established in…

Bosch Ventures announces two investments in battery-recycling technology firms

Bosch Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of the Bosch Group (Stuttgart, Germany), announced two significant investments in the battery recycling sector within a week, marking a significant step towards sustainable technology development. "In an electrified world, battery recycling makes…

KBR to supply proprietary operator-training simulator for OCI Global’s clean-ammonia project

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by OCI Global (OCI) to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI’s 3,000 metric tons per day Texas Blue Clean Ammonia facility, in Texas. Under the…

Dow expands propylene glycol capacity in Thailand

Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) announced the start-up of its propylene glycol (PG) capacity expansion at its integrated manufacturing facility in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The low capital intensity, higher-return, incremental investment increases propylene glycol capacity by 80,000 metric tons…

INEOS Inovyn launches two PVC-recycling pilot plants in Belgium

INEOS Inovyn has launched two new PVC pilot plants at the company's Jemeppe-sur-Sambre site in Belgium, to accelerate technologies for recycling PVC which is not mechanically recyclable today. This project forms part of a strategic ‘Project Circle’ initiative, which aims…