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Orion Engineered Carbons to expand gas black capacities in Germany

Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023. Orion is the only carbon black producer in the industry with gas black capabilities. Gas blacks,…

Sika opens new concrete admixtures plant in Virginia

By opening a new concrete admixture production facility in Stafford, Virginia, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its production capacity in the growing Mid-Atlantic construction market. The opening of the new facility is Sika's response to high demand in…

CB&I and KOGAS exploring major hydrogen-storage project in South Korea

McDermott's storage business, CB&I, and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of large-scale liquid hydrogen storage to support Korea's Hydrogen Economy Roadmap. Last year, South Korea announced plans to achieve carbon…

Clariant and Lummus awarded contract for one of the world’s largest PDH units to be built in China

Fujian Meide will be building a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Fuzhou, China, using CATOFIN technology. The new unit is slated to be one of the largest PDH units in the world and will produce 900,000 metric tons…

Air Liquide inaugurates $250-million hydrogen plant near Las Vegas

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) officially opened its largest liquid hydrogen production and logistics infrastructure facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility aims to supply the growing needs for hydrogen mobility, but will also allow to provide hydrogen to…

ADNOC and Masdar to join bp’s U.K. hydrogen projects

ADNOC – the UAE’s largest energy company – will take a 25% stake in the design stage of bp’s blue hydrogen project, H2Teesside. This will be ADNOC’s first investment in the UK. bp and ADNOC will now advance the project,…

Evonik sells printable batteries technology to InnovationLab

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is selling the TAeTTOOz materials technology for printable rechargeable batteries to the InnovationLab GmbH. The InnovationLab specializes in the development of printed and organic electronics and offers individual overall solutions from the first concept draft…

Wacker accelerates capacity expansion plans for silicones

To meet growing demand for silicone rubber, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is accelerating the expansion of its production capacities. Investment projects to this end are either in the planning stage or are nearing completion. Significant capacity expansions for liquid…

Teijin develops new chemical-recycling process for polyester

Teijin Frontier Co., the Teijin Group's fibers and products converting company, announced that it has developed a recycling technology using a new depolymerization catalyst to recycle colored polyester fibers without losing the quality of polyester fibers made from petroleum-derived raw…

HyCOgen and FT CANS sustainable-fuel production technologies selected for Repsol and Aramco’s synthetic fuel plant in Bilbao

Johnson Matthey plc and bp plc (Both London) have announced that their co-developed, ground-breaking Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology and Johnson Matthey’s innovative reverse water gas shift technology, HyCOgen, have been selected for use by Aramco and Repsol at a…