Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) inaugurated its new bio-circular silica facility at its plant in Livorno, Italy, marking a major milestone in Europe’s industrial transformation toward sustainability. This investment positions Solvay as a proactive partner in achieving the European Green Deal…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that it was recently awarded supply contracts from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) totaling more than $140 million to provide liquid hydrogen for several NASA facilities including the world’s largest hydrogen sphere…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and POET LLC, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, have launched a pilot project with major agriculture co-operatives to jointly develop a low-carbon fertilizers supply chain. The goal of the pilot is to demonstrate…
LanzaTech Global, Inc (Skokie, Ill.), has been awarded a contract by Spray Engineering Devices Ltd (SED; Mohali, Punjab, India), a leading provider of sustainable energy solutions, to build a next-generation ethanol facility using sugarcane bagasse, a widely available agricultural waste…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo) have explored measures to promote decarbonization and optimize production capacity for their two ethylene manufacturing facilities in western Japan. To achieve these goals, the three companies applied…
Biotalys (Ghent, Belgium; www.biotalys.com) and 21st.BIO (Søborg, Denmark; 21st.bio), a leading Danish precision fermentation technology company, have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the production of Biotalys’ protein-based biocontrol solutions. This collaboration will leverage 21st.BIO’s proprietary fermentation platform to…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected technology provider by the Tangshan Jinlihai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Tangshan Jinlihai), a developer and provider of renewable fuels. Topsoe will provide its Hydroflex® technology and related services for Tangshan Jinlihai industrial hub with…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) announced that its proprietary urea synthesis and granulation license has been selected for the world’s largest urea plant planned by BUA Chemicals Limited (BUA), a chemical fertilizer manufacturer in Nigeria. The plant will consist of two…
DUNLOP Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cabot Corp. (Boston) to evaluate the commercial adoption of circular reinforcing carbons made with Cabot’s patented regenerated carbon technology. This innovative circular reinforcing carbon powered by…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has commenced production at its new thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) manufacturing site in Zhuhai, a coastal city in South China. The first phase, representing a mid-double-digit million-euro investment, will produce approximately 30,000 tons of TPU annually, meeting…