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Toray to build new plant in China for high-performance resins

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that Toray Plastics (China) Co., Ltd. will establish a new production site for high-performance resin compounds. These materials deliver excellent heat and chemical resistance and mechanical strength. Common applications are automotive electrical components and electrical…

LyondellBasell selected by Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. for advanced HDPE technology

LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL) has selected its Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new 500,ooo-ton/yr high-density polyethylene (HDPE) facility in Paradip, India. The new HDPE plant will be integrated…

Novel SAF production technology demonstrated in North Carolina

E-fuels company Lydian (Cambridge, Mass.) announced the successful pilot demonstration of its technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial and defense applications. The pilot plant, which can produce up to 25 gallons of fuel per day, is located…

Syzygy Plasmonics and Lotte Chemical complete trial of world’s largest electric ammonia-cracking system

Syzygy Plasmonics (Houston) and Lotte Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) have commissioned and completed performance testing of the world's largest all-electric ammonia cracking system in Ulsan, South Korea with logistical support from Sumitomo Corp. of Americas (SCOA) and Sumitomo Corp. Korea.…

LKAB begins construction of rare-earth element processing facility in Sweden, said to be Europe’s first

LKAB (Luleå, Sweden) has now commenced construction of its new Demonstration plant for processing phosphorus and rare earth elements in Luleå. The facility is the first in a planned Industrial park and marks an important step in the company's ambition…

ACWA Power and Snam to collaborate on European green-hydrogen supply chain

ACWA Power (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Snam S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) to explore collaboration and joint investments to establish a supply chain of green hydrogen to Europe. Snam, a leading European operator…

BASF’s Performance Materials plants in Europe are now entirely run on renewable electricity

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Performance Materials division completely switched all its European sites to renewable electricity. "As BASF, we want to enable our customers green transformation, and we believe it starts with us. This is our ambition…

Worley awarded FEED contract for First Ammonia’s project in Texas

Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia)  announced that it was selected by First Ammonia to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) for an electric ammonia facility in Victoria, Texas. This facility has an initial anticipated production capacity of 300 metric tons…

Técnicas Reunidas leading project to create European value chain for the production of permanent magnets

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been selected as the leading company for the PERMANET Project (PERmanent MAgnet Network for the European Transition) promoted by the European Commission (EC) within the framework of its Horizon Program. The main goal…

Ren-Gas selects MAN Energy Solutions’ methanation technology for its Tampere e-methane plant

MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) will deliver 50 MW methanation reactor for the Ren-Gas Tampere e-methane plant in Finland.  The equipment delivery will consist of catalytic methanation reactor designed and manufactured at MAN Energy Solutions Deggendorf, Germany. Ren-Gas, the leading…