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Tosoh develops hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte for water electrolysis

Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo) has developed a hydrocarbon‑based polymer electrolyte for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolysis systems. Growing interest in hydrogen energy for carbon neutrality is increasing attention on PEM water electrolysis, a leading hydrogen production technology. Conventional PEM water…

Chemours agrees to sell former titanium dioxide site in Taiwan

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) signed a set of definitive agreements to sell the remaining land at its former titanium dioxide manufacturing location in Kuan Yin, Taiwan to an ownership group including Century Wind Power Co., Ltd., Century Iron &…

Solstice Advanced Materials completes stannous fluoride capacity expansion in Germany

Solstice Advanced Materials (Morris Plains, N.J.) has significantly strengthened its position in the global-oral care supply chain with the recent completion of a €5.5 million expansion of its stannous fluoride (SnF₂) manufacturing facility in Seelze, Germany. The expansion increases Solstice’s…

Veolia and SBM Offshore announce plans to develop offshore floating desalination units

Veolia (Paris, France) and SBM Offshore, world leader in deepwater ocean-infrastructure, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to address challenges related to water scarcity, energy transition and industrial transformation. Through this strategic partnership, the companies will develop and…

Metso to build gold processing plant for Maaden in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has commissioned Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) to supply a gold processing plant for their Ar Rjum mine located in the Makkah Region, approximately 200 km northeast of Ta’if, Ar Rjum in Saudi Arabia. The order…

Gevo granted patent for ethanol-to-olefins process for renewable jet fuel

Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,486,207 B2 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent broadens protections for different catalyst combinations and explicitly protects the use of Ethanol-to-Olefins (“ETO”)…

Kemira is evaluating industrial application of Hazer’s methane pyrolysis technology

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and Hazer Group Ltd. (Perth, Australia) have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to evaluate and explore commercial opportunities for deployment of Hazer’s proprietary methane pyrolysis technology. Under the MOU Hazer and Kemira will collaborate…

Wood awarded contract for Niron’s first-of-a-kind iron nitride magnet facility

Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has secured the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for Niron Magnetics’ Plant 1 in Sartell, Minnesota, the world's first full-scale Iron Nitride permanent magnet facility. This groundbreaking plant will manufacture 1,500 tons of Iron…

Thermo Fisher Scientific and NVIDIA collaborating to scale AI-based laboratory automation

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to power AI-based solutions and laboratory automation at scale. The effort will leverage the NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform and Thermo Fisher Scientific solutions to progressively increase the…

Siemens bolsters electronics engineering portfolio with acquisition of ASTER Technologies

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) announced it has acquired ASTER Technologies, a privately held market leader in printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) test verification and engineering software. This strategic move integrates ASTER's advanced "shift-left" design for test (DFT) functionality directly into…