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Asahi Kasei and Honda form battery separator JV in Canada
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) announced that the two companies have signed a shareholders' agreement to convert an existing Asahi Kasei subsidiary in Canada into a joint venture (JV) company. This agreement was reached as…
John Cockerill to supply electrolyzers for one of the world’s largest green-ammonia complexes
AM Green has placed India’s largest electrolyzer order with John Cockerill Hydrogen for one of the world’s largest green ammonia projects. AM Green achieved Final Investment Decision (FID) in August 2024 for this first million-ton green ammonia project to be…
Siemens to acquire Altair Engineering for $10 billion
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering Inc. (Troy, Mich.), a leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market. Altair shareholders will receive USD 113 per share, representing an enterprise value…
LanzaTech and Eramet announce plans for first-of-a-kind integrated CCUS project in Norway
LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.) announced plans to develop a commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) facility at Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway. The plant will produce ethanol and is expected to begin operations in 2028. Eramet Group (Paris,…
Flow Measurement for Hydrogen Applications
Hydrogen has been an important industrial feedstock for decades in petroleum refining, fertilizer, and chemical industries, but traditional production methods for H2 generate significant volumes of carbon dioxide. More recently, demand for clean hydrogen without greenhouse-gas emissions is rising and…
ALPLA opens PET recycling plant in South Africa
Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa approximately one and a half years after the start of construction. The company has invested 60 million euros…
Investigating Decarbonization Strategies for Steam-Cracker Furnaces
Significant sustainability benefits can be gained through optimization in steam-cracking furnaces. The study detailed here shows the specific decarbonization strategies that can help improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions The chemical process industries (CPI) rely heavily on steam cracking to…
Show Preview: Valve World Conference & Expo
The Valve World Conference & Expo (www.valveworldexpo.com) is being held December 3–5 in Düsseldorf, Germany. One of the world’s largest events for industrial valve technologies, this year’s Valve World boasts nearly 400 exhibitors covering the full spectrum of the industry.…
AI-Powered Search Improves Knowledge Transfer at Agricultural Chemicals Site
An artificial intelligence (AI)-based search tool allowed workers to quickly mine historical data to improve operations and respond to emerging problems At the Bayer Crop Science facility in Muttenz, Switzerland, managers and workers wanted to improve communication during shift handovers…
Coriolis Flowmeters: Insights for Selection and Upgrade
Coriolis mass flowmeters are available with a range of body styles and transmitters, enabling significant functionality improvements without sensor replacement Coriolis meters have long been a mainstay in the chemical process industries (CPI), providing highly accurate mass-flow measurements for raw-material…