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Air Products to construct new ASU in Florida supporting space launch providers
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced plans to build, own and operate a new air separation unit (ASU) in the City of Cocoa, Florida. The ASU will produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The plant is targeted to be on…
Corbion announces new patent for liquid suspension of high-omega-3 algal biomass
Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.corbion.com), a global leader in sustainable specialty food ingredients, announces its latest awarded patent relating to the liquid suspension of algal biomass with a distinct DHA-rich omega-3 profile. This innovation builds on a unique suspension design…
BlueAlp technology selected for BioBTX circular economy project in the Netherlands
Dutch technology companies BlueAlp (Eindhoven, the Netherlands; www.bluealp.nl) and BioBTX (Gronigen, the Netherlands; www.biobtx.com) announce that BlueAlp has been selected as technology partner for the BioBTX project in Delfzijl. The goal is to combine the technologies in the BioBTX plant…
Air Liquide enters agreement to supply gases for low-carbon-emissions steel facility
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has entered into a long-term agreement to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana LLC (HPLS; www.hyundai-steel.com) for its landmark new low-carbon emissions steel facility in Louisiana. Thanks to this new infrastructure, the Group…
CSB opens investigation into chemical release in West Virginia
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) announced today that the agency is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release on April 22 at the Catalyst Refiners, Inc. facility in Nitro, West Virginia that…
Evonik-Fuhua JV completes construction of hydrogen peroxide plant
Evonik Fuhua New Materials has completed construction of its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) facility in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. The joint venture between Evonik GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company Ltd. (Leshan City, Sichuan, China; www.ccdp-ac.com) will purify…
Polyester-rich textile wastes are recycled to monomer at demonstration plant
AXENS (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and JEPLAN Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jeplan.co.jp) announced today the success of a major industrial test for recycling post-consumer textile waste rich in polyester (polyethylene terephthalate; PET) using their Rewind® PET…
Evonik expands fermentation production capacity in Slovakia
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing around €80 million to expand its biotechnology capabilities at its Fermas site in Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia. The investment will add state-of-the-art downstream fermentation technology to support the contract manufacturing services of the group’s…
CitroTech and Hexion form JV for new fire-resistance technologies
CitroTech Inc. (Oceanside, Calif.) and Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture (JV). Through this partnership, the companies will deploy next-generation fire-retardant solutions for the lumber and building materials industry, helping plywood, oriented strand board…
Ineos Inovyn sells its chlor-alkali business in Italy to Esseco Industrial
Ineos Inovyn (London, U.K.) has signed an agreement for the sale of its shares in INOVYN Produzione Italia SpA, which operates the Rosignano and Tavazzano sites in Italy, to Esseco Industrial. The Rosignano and Tavazzano sites in Italy produce essential…