Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) is set to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China, to boost its support for pharmaceutical, personal care, home care, and industrial application customers. The CHF 80 million investment will see capacity increases…
The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a world scale petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia. The ‘Amiral’ complex will be owned, operated, and…
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced they will work together to deploy low-carbon hydrogen (LCH) solutions. The companies will offer JM’s innovative LCH technology, coupled with Honeywell’s leading carbon-capture technology to produce lower carbon…
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been selected as technology provider for a new “Blue Ammonia” plant in the United States by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), the…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announced the doubling of its polyester resins capacity in its Navi Mumbai facility in India, reinforcing the group’s leadership position in the global powder coatings market and its commitment to developing very low-VOC technologies. Arkema invested…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) announced successful startup of one of the largest advanced recycling facilities in North America. The facility at the company’s integrated manufacturing complex in Baytown, Texas, uses proprietary technology to break down hard-to-recycle plastics and transform them into…
MAAG Pump Systems AG (Oberglatt, Switzerland) has acquired Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH (Tornesch, Germany). Founded in 1984, Witte Pumps & Technology develops and manufactures gear pumps and provides aftermarket parts and services for the chemical, plastic and polymer processing,…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), Euglena and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) announced that they are jointly studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC), one of the largest integrated refinery and petrochemical developments in…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that GE Technology will license Honeywell's UpCycle Process Technology at their planned advanced recycling facility in South Korea. The plant will be able to convert mixed waste plastics into Honeywell Recycled Polymer Feedstock (RPF), which…