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Lanxess and Advent International complete foundation of Envalior materials JV

A new joint venture — Envalior — has emerged from the combination of two industry leaders in engineering materials – DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands) Engineering Materials (DEM) and Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) High Performance Materials (HPM) – under the…

Chevron Lummus providing process technology for lubricants plant in Brazil

Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) announced a recent contract award from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for a new 12,580 barrel/day (bbl/d) hydroisodewaxing (HIDW) unit at the GasLub Hub, a lubricant plant in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Chevron Lummus…

Total Corbion, Posco and ESOL to develop PLA recycling infrastructure in South Korea

TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands), POSCO International and ESOL announced a partnership aimed at developing the PLA recycling infrastructure and technology in South Korea. Over the coming years, the partnership will contribute to the Korean Government framework for Carbon Neutrality.…

Biotrend Energy to build commercial-scale advanced plastics-recycling facility using Honeywell Upcycle technology

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Biotrend Energy (Istanbul) signed equipment supply, production license, and warranty agreements to build Türkiye’s first commercialized advanced waste recycling plant using Honeywell UOP UpCycle Process Technology. The facility will convert mixed waste plastics into…

Neste progresses scaleup of waste-plastic processing with second series of runs at Porvoo refinery

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has successfully concluded its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The goal of the processing runs is to further increase the company’s understanding of how different…

Venator completes sale of Iron Oxide business

Venator Materials PLC (Wynyard, U.K.) announced that it has completed the sale of its Iron Oxide business to Cathay Industries. The enterprise value of the transaction was $140 million and Venator expects to receive cash proceeds of approximately $130 million…

Incremental Electrification Drives Sustainability

For decarbonization of chemical processing sites, electrification opens a new world of efficiencies and cost benefits The industrial sector is responsible for one-third of the world’s end-use energy consumption, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA; Washington,…

Electrification of Industrial Facilities

Manufacturing complexes may benefit from using more electricity instead of steam and fuel gas for their energy needs. Improved energy efficiency, lower emissions, higher reliability and debottlenecking of utility systems may be achieved Electrification is a popular buzzword when energy…

Bulk Solids Centers Support Research and Education

Bulk-solids handling is a critical aspect of many product manufacturing processes throughout the CPI, but the field is often underappreciated. Research centers that specialize in bulk-solids handling and particle technology are important resources for expanding knowledge and solving technical challenges…

What Manufacturing Sites Can Learn from Municipalities About Water Loss

Accurate water-monitoring technologies support short- and long-term sustainability goals in both municipalities and the industrial sector In recent years, São Paulo, Cape Town and other major world cities have come dangerously close to running out of water, and the criticality…