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Commercial-scale recycling facility launched in Oklahoma
Green Li-ion, a lithium-ion battery recycling technology company, announced the launch of its first commercial-scale installation to produce sustainable, battery-grade materials, the first of its kind in North America. The plant, located within an existing recycling facility in Atoka, Oklahoma,…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit providing FEED services for Heidelberg Materials’ CCUS project in Canada
Heidelberg Materials North America (Irving, Tex.) announced the latest step in its two-stage competitive procurement process as it works to select the carbon capture technology and contractor for providing the CO2 separation solution for its Edmonton, Alberta, Carbon Capture, Utilization,…
Nuberg EPC awarded contract for India’s largest chlor-alkali project for Adani Group
Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India), a Global EPC and turnkey project management company, is proud to announce its latest undertaking: India’s largest Chlor-Alkali project, commissioned by Mundra Petrochemical Ltd. (MPL), a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. This pioneering project is poised…
Lummus and Braskem to jointly study electrified cracking project
Lummus Technology (Houston) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced that the companies will carry out joint studies related to the industrial demonstration of Lummus' SRT-e electric cracking heater to decarbonize one of Braskem's sites in Brazil. The Joint Study…
The Ultimate Guide to Open, Software-Centric Industrial Automation
Enterprises worldwide are grappling with the limitations of outdated automation systems, struggling to meet the demands of a data-driven era. Proprietary solutions, entrenched for decades, are hindering progress in crucial areas such as productivity, efficiency, safety, profitability, and sustainability. In…
OQ achieves mechanical completion for propyls project in Texas
OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) has achieved mechanical completion in its ‘Propel’ project, short for ‘Propyls Elevated’, at its Bay City, Tex., production site. This project is a crucial part of OQ Chemicals’ strategy to expand its portfolio…
Versalis completes acquisition of compounding firm Tecnofilm
Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of Tecnofilm S.p.A., a specialist company operating in the compounding sector following the approval of the competent authorities. Tecnofilm, a family-owned company based in the Le Marche…
Fujifilm invests $1.2 billion to expand biomanufacturing site in North Carolina
Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced an investment of $1.2 billion in its Large-Scale Cell Culture CDMO Business to further expand the planned FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies end-to-end bio-manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, bringing the total investment in the facility to…
Synthomer to divest its latex compounding business
Synthomer Plc (London, U.K.) announced an agreement to divest its latex compounding operations (the Compounds business) to Belgian company Matco NV, a leader in compounds, water-based adhesives, and solutions for various industrial applications, for consideration of c.€27.5 million. The Compounds…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to expand production capacity for electronic materials in Texas
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC; Tokyo) has decided to expand the Texas Plant operated by MGC Pure Chemicals America, Inc. (MPCA), a consolidated subsidiary that manufactures and markets super-pure hydrogen peroxide and super-pure ammonium hydroxide for use during the manufacturing…