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Evonik plans to double global PEBA production capacity

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is doubling its global capacity for VESTAMID E polyether block amide (PEBA), with a twofold approach, including a major expansion of its production plant at the Multi-User-Site (MUSC) in Shanghai, and an optimization project at…

Toray develops groundbreaking mass-production process for zirconia balls

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) has developed what is said to be the world’s first mass-production technology for rare-earth-free zirconia balls. The highly durable balls could grind and mill ceramic materials for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and electrode materials for lithium-ion…

Sulzer to build new separations research center in Singapore

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has signed an agreement with JTC Corporation, the master planner and developer of Singapore’s industrial infrastructure, to build and operate a new research center for its separation technology solutions. The new facility will be located at…

Lummus and RWDC Industries sign MoU accelerating PHA production at scale

Lummus Technology (Houston) and RWDC Industries, a biotechnology company developing biopolymer material solutions, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on global polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) deployment initiatives. The signing ceremony took place at Lummus' headquarters in Houston, Texas, with…

Metso Outotec increases manufacturing capacity for large screening equipment

Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) has inaugurated the extended manufacturing capacity of large screening equipment in Sorocaba, Brazil. The total Sorocaba production capacity will grow from 250 to 500 units per year, covering among other things the high-performance energy and…

New precious-metals recycling facility prepares to start up in Tennessee

Regenx Tech Corp. received the occupancy permit for its first facility in Greeneville, Tennessee. This permit allowed the commissioning of Module 1 to begin. The commissioning process includes the testing of all the components and will start with processing smaller…

Cemvita opens biomanufacturing pilot plant in Houston

Cemvita  Inc. (Houston) announced the opening of a pilot plant in Houston, TX. The plant marks a landmark step in the development of technology for using CO2 emissions as feedstock to produce valuable biocommodities including fertilizer, plastic, methane, and fuels.…

Technip Energies awarded contract for LanzaTech’s U.K. SAF facility

Technip Energies (Paris) announced the award of a contract for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of LanzaTech’s DRAGON Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Project based on LanzaJet Alcohol to Jet (ATJ) Technology, on track to be one of the…

Sunfire installs high-temperature electrolyzer at Neste’s Rotterdam refinery

Sunfire has successfully installed the world's first multi-megawatt high-temperature electrolyzer for the production of green hydrogen at Neste's renewable products refinery in Rotterdam. Having met the refinery's highest quality requirements, Sunfire has now achieved mechanical completion of the electrolysis system.…

Axens acquires stake in BioTJet renewable fuels project

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has acquired stakes in the BioTJet project, the aim of which is to build and operate the largest European Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production unit using the Fischer-Tropsch process, relying on the BioTfueL technology. This unit will…