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Toyo Engineering awarded contract for Petrobras refinery upgrades

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo), together with its Brazilian affiliate TOYO-SETAL Empreendimentos Ltda. (TSE), has been awarded a contract for detailed engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro) for the construction of a new Diesel…

Solvay completes PVDF capacity expansion in Changshu

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced that its Changshu, China site has significantly increased production capacity for Solef PVDF, demonstrating the Group’s commitment to meeting the needs of customers worldwide. Solvay continues to extend its leadership position in the global lithium-ion battery market with…

Terrestrial Energy and KBR sign agreement to develop zero-emissions hydrogen and ammonia production processes

Terrestrial Energy  (Oakville, Ont., Canada) announced that it has signed an agreement with KBR, Inc. (Houston) to investigate the application of zero-emission thermal energy for hydrogen and ammonia production. Through the collaboration, KBR’s market-leading energy advisory services team and Terrestrial…

Siemens acquires predictive-maintenance software company Senseye

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) is further expanding its portfolio in the field of innovative predictive maintenance and asset intelligence with the acquisition of Senseye. The global industrial analytics software company is headquartered in Southampton, U.K. Senseye is a leading provider…

Honeywell and EnLink Midstream partner on Gulf Coast carbon-capture projects

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and EnLink Midstream, LLC (Dallas, Tex.) announced they will work together to deliver carbon capture solutions to industrial-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) emitters within the U.S. Gulf Coast area. The Honeywell and EnLink relationship will focus on…

BASF completes optical brightener expansion in Switzerland

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has completed a double-digit million euro investment to increase production capacity for Tinopal CBS optical brighteners at its site in Monthey, Switzerland. Following phase one of the stepwise capacity increase in 2021, the recent completion of…

Evonik Care Solutions expands manufacturing plant in Shanghai

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has expanded its manufacturing capacity for the production of TEGOSOFT MM MB (Myristyl Myristate) beginning 1 June 2022. By starting the manufacture of this valuable product at its Care Solutions organics plant in Shanghai, China,…

Perstorp to convert base polyols production to more environmentally friendly grades

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions for its polyol customers and downstream value chains, Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) announced that it is converting all base polyols produced at their Perstorp, Sweden plant – Pentaerythritol (Penta), Neopentyl glycol (Neo) and Trimethylolpropane (TMP)…

Air Products awarded hydrogen and nitrogen supply agreement for IOCL

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced the signing of a long-term supply agreement with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi), India’s national oil company. Air Products will build, own and operate (BOO) a new industrial gases complex supplying hydrogen,…

Plug Power to build green-hydrogen plant in Belgium

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) will build a 35-ton-per-day green-hydrogen generation plant at Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. Plug signed a 30-year concession agreement to build the plant at the Belgian port, the second largest in Europe. Plug plans to erect…