Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has signed an agreement with BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a synthesis gas (syngas) plant in Zhanjiang, China. “Linde Engineering’s one-stop solution for BASF combines state-of-the-art technology with a…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) is expanding production capacity for heat exchangers in Sweden, Italy, China and the US as part of an increased investment program. For this effort, Alfa Laval has decided to invest SEK 3.8 billion ($360 million)…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its green ammonia technology, K-GreeN, has been selected by Enaex, S.A. for its innovative HyEx green ammonia project in Chile. The HyEx project will demonstrate operational stability of production of green ammonia using renewable energy…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has successfully started up a new world-scale facility for the production of chlorine in Tarragona, Spain. It is the first world-scale production plant for chlorine based upon the highly innovative and energy efficient ODC (oxygen depolarized…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem S.p.A. has signed an agreement with Biorenova S.p.A. to acquire, scale up and industrialize the proprietary CatC technology, a continuous chemical recycling process to recover monomers (building blocks for the…
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) completed the acquisition of the stock of the Grand Invest Group on February 6, 2023. As part of the acquisition, Solenis will acquire all Grand Invest Group operating assets, including key strategic production and warehousing facilities. Headquartered…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to supply clean hydrogen and other industrial gases to OCI N.V.’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) new world-scale blue ammonia plant in Beaumont, Texas. Linde will build, own and operate…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that wholly owned subsidiary Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. will increase annual production capacity for TORELINA polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin by 5,000 metric tons at a plant in Gunsan, South Korea, from December 2024. The…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work jointly on projects in India for production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from low carbon alcohols through Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) pathway. India is…
Baker Hughes (Houston) announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) to jointly explore potential opportunities for the scale up and adoption of novel technology solutions for green hydrogen, green ammonia and geothermal projects. The companies see new…