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Catalyxx secures €20 million grant for first European commercial bio-based alcohols plant

Catalyxx (Chesterfield, Missouri) has secured a €20-million grant in European Union funding through RenewChem, a flagship project selected by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). The funding will support the construction of Catalyxx's first commercial bio-based chemicals plant…

Chevron enters licensing agreement with ZL Chemicals for advanced chemical-surfactant technology

Chevron Technical Center, a division of Chevron Corp. (Houston, Tex.) and ZL Chemicals Ltd. (Calgary, Canada), announced a technology licensing agreement under which ZL may commercialize Chevron-developed chemical-surfactant technology. ZL plans to offer products and services utilizing the licensed technology…

Air Liquide to build new partial oxidation unit at Oxea’s Bay City site

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) has reached a major milestone in its long-standing relationship with Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) by expanding its production capabilities at Oxea's site in Bay City, Texas. This strategic $200-million investment involves the construction…

Fluor selected by Aramco as program management consultancy under long-term agreement

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Texas) has been selected by Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) as a Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contractor under a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to support its global capital projects portfolio. The LTA will allow efficient deployment of Fluor's global…

Michelin and Axens enter exclusive talks for 5-HMF green chemistry partnership

Michelin ResiCare (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that they have entered into exclusive discussions regarding the establishment of a strategic partnership centered on an innovative technology for the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), a key building block for…

Topsoe partners with J Westling & Co. on Nebraska blue ammonia fertilizer project

Topsoe (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark), a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, has signed an agreement with J Westling & Co (JWC) (Elkhorn, Nebraska), a Nebraska-based company developing blue ammonia solutions, also referred to as low carbon ammonia, to support…

This new bioreactor enables stable, scalable fermentation with reduced risk and faster startup

This company has launched its first industrial bioreactor, the Bioreactor RF, a fermentation vessel designed to maintain stable conditions while providing operators with actionable process insight. From pilot validation and first industrial runs through to full-scale production, the system delivers…

This new asphalt recycling agent is suitable for perpetually recycled pavement materials

DANOX RAP-400 is a new asphalt recycling agent designed to to rejuvenate reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) used in perpetually recycled pavement materials. DANOX RAP-400 can also improve the durability of asphalt pavement containing high levels of RAP, while reducing the…

DEScycle opens demonstration plant for critical materials recovery from e-waste in U.K.

DEScycle (London, U.K.; www.descycle.com) opened its first demonstration plant at Wilton Centre in Teesside, U.K., marking the first operational deployment of its distributed metals processing infrastructure platform and a significant step towards strengthening the UK’s domestic critical minerals supply chain. …

Syensqo breaks ground on manufacturing expansion in Maryland

Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has broken ground on a manufacturing expansion at its Havre de Grace, Md., site, adding over 30% capacity through a multi-million-dollar investment in the company’s U.S. manufacturing footprint. The expansion further strengthens Syensqo's global manufacturing network…