AGC Inc. (Tokyo) has decided to expand the facilities of Spain-based subsidiary AGC Pharma Chemicals Europe S.L.U., which is engaged in the synthetic pharmaceuticals sector. A new building with a total floor area of 7,500 ㎡ will be constructed on…
Jacobs (Dallas, Tex.) was appointed by PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, to provide professional engineering services for the development of the new greasy waste (GWTF) and food waste treatment facilities (FWTF) to maximize energy and resource recovery at the Changi…
Ineos (London) announced that Ineos Nitriles intends to invest in a world-scale acetonitrile production facility at their key operating site in Köln, Germany. The facility will have a production capacity of 15,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Acetonitrile is a…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has won an ammonia technology contract from DL E&C for NeuRizer's (formerly Leigh Creek Energy Ltd) carbon-neutral fertilizer project in Australia. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and engineering…
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. (CMS; Newport, Del.), a pioneer in membrane systems for energy transition applications and Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced that the long-awaited pilot demonstration of CMS's Optiperm technology for light olefin paraffin separation has started up at…
Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) announced the first international deployment of its high temperature solid-oxide electrolyzer. The successful 130 kilowatt (kW) installation in Gumi, South Korea, further propels Bloom Energy’s efforts to enable a hydrogen-fueled economy following the commercial launch…
Abengoa SA (Seville, Spain) announced the inauguration of the Rabigh desalination plant, the largest reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination plant in commercial operation in the world, with a capacity of 600,000 m3/day. The CEO of Abengoa Agua y Energía, Ángel Alday, highlighted…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has acquired a minority stake in the Canadian company Enerkem (Montréal, Québec, Canada), a technological world leader in the production of renewable fuels and chemical products through gasification of non-recyclable waste. This investment allows the Spanish…
The Board of Directors of AIChE (New York, N.Y.), the Global Home of Chemical Engineers, announced today that Darlene S. Schuster, PhD, AIChE’s current Chief of Technical Operations, Membership, and Business Development, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) plans to add production capacity of around 70,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) for carboxylic acids, which will come onstream during 2024. The investment will enable Perstorp to increase output significantly and strengthen its position as…