Green Hydrogen International (GHI) has unveiled plans to create the world's largest green hydrogen production and storage hub in South Texas. Hydrogen City, Texas will be an integrated green hydrogen production, storage, and transport hub growing to 60GW in size…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) recently started up two polycarbonate compounding production lines at its Greater Noida plant near New Delhi in India. The new plants are intended to meet the growing demand for compounded plastics, particularly for the automotive and…
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) announced the successful completion of its key lyocell expansion project in Thailand. The new plant, the largest of its kind in the world with a nameplate capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), started…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has acquired Sable Marco Inc., a manufacturer of cementitious products and mortars in Canada. Headquartered in Pont Rouge, close to Québec City, the complementary acquisition will open up new opportunities for Sika in the Eastern region…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) signed definitive agreements for the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio). The joint venture will produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon's refinery in Martinez, California (the…
Halliburton Co. (Houston) announced the opening of the Halliburton Chemical Reaction Plant – the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia to manufacture a broad range of chemicals for the entire oil and gas value chain as well as many…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) plans to sell its German subsidiary Sasol Wax GmbH to AWAX s.p.a., an international group specialized in developing, producing and distributing wax products. The company with two production facilities in Hamburg, Germany, one in the…
Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany) secured an order from European Energy for the delivery of an electrolyzer plant. The Danish developer and operator of green energy projects is developing the world's first large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility with the hydrogen being…
Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) announced plans to construct an advanced plastics renewal facility for the Parkes Special Activation Precinct in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Brightmark is also exploring the construction of circular plastics plants in Europe (in partnership…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide professional services to Shell Global Solutions International B.V. for hydrogen liquefaction development. KBR will provide technical solutions as part of concept studies to advance technology for large…