Thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) has won an order from Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd. (NCE; Tokyo, Japan) to build and supply a new low-emission, top-charge coke oven battery in Japan. The new battery will be installed at the Kitakyushu…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France) announced the end of the REWOFUEL project, which ran from 1 June 2018 to 30 June 2022. This project brought together several European industry leaders, including Repsol, Sekab and Fibenol, with the objective of demonstrating the…
Arkema (Colombes, France), together with a consortium of companies, is exploring and advancing the recyclability of post-consumer PET (from bottles and other plastic items) to regain monomers for reuse as raw materials for more sustainable polyester powder resins for the…
Earlier this year, Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon's refinery in Martinez, California (the Martinez Renewable Fuels…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced plans to start construction of a second hydrogen liquefaction plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This new source is in addition to the company's existing liquid hydrogen plant in Botlek, the Netherlands. Once operational in…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and RiKarbon Inc., a U.S.-based technology start-up, announced the signing of a partnership contract to exclusively license and commercialize proprietary technology from RiKarbon. RiKarbon’s patented technology allows the upcycling of bio-waste into bio-based, biodegradable emollients for…
KBR Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed a master license and engineering agreement with Giammarco-Vertrocoke S.R.L. for KBR to license its carbon capture technology globally. This carbon capture technology is well proven, energy efficient, flexible and can be integrated…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for July 2022 (most recent available) fell slightly from the previous month's final value, which was downwardly revised by a small amount. The month-to-month decrease is the first in the…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) was flat in August following a 0.2% gain in July and a 0.1% decline in June, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output was higher in all…
Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) broke ground on a 35,000 square foot expansion of its production facility in Brandon, South Dakota. The expanded facility will bring state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities and allow Henkel to increase production of thermal interface materials used to…