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Toyo Engineering awarded cracker electrification contract in Thailand

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been selected as the commissioned contractor of a project called: “Surveys of suitability of demonstration requirements for demonstration research project on an electrification technology of ethylene cracking furnaces realizing net zero emissions of CO2 in…

Denka and Toyo Styrene to construct chemical recycling plant for polystyrene

Denka Company Ltd. and Toyo Styrene Co., Ltd. (Both Tokyo) have decided to construct a chemical recycling plant for used polystyrene (PS) with an annual processing capacity of approx. 3,000 tons. The plant will be constructed on the premises of…

Messer to build $50-million air-separation plant in Texas

Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) is investing more than $50 million in the construction of a large air separation unit in McGregor, Texas. The production plant for air gases will be operated substantially with energy from an on-site solar…

Mitsui Chemicals announces pilot project to commercialize ammonia-fueled naphtha crackers

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), along with Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) and Sojitz Machinery Corp., announced that a joint pilot project to be demonstrated by the four companies is to be funded by the New Energy and…

Plug Power in alliance with Atlas Copco and Fives to develop hydrogen plants

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC, the turboexpander technology center within the Gas and Process division of Atlas Copco, and Fives, a global leader in brazed heat exchangers and…

LG Energy Solutions acquires energy-storage provider in the U.S.

LG Energy Solution (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it has completed the acquisition of NEC Energy Solutions, a grid battery integrator based in the U.S. to expand its Energy Storage System (ESS) business offerings. The battery manufacturer has fully acquired…

Mitsubishi Chemical to transfer Lucite International business to Midorikawa Chemical

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has decided to transfer all of its shares of Lucite International Japan Co., Ltd. to Midorikawa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Lucite Japan was established as an acrylic composite material production and sales base in Japan…

Kurita completes new manufacturing plant for functional materials

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Tokyo) announced that it has completed construction of a new manufacturing building at its Toyoura Plant in Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi, Japan, and operations have already begun. This new facility is being used to refine functional materials such…

Aemetis India to acquire refining site for biodiesel and SAF feedstock

Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary located in Kakinada, India has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility.  The refining facility is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50…

Solvay to expand its sulfone business in the U.S.

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced an expansion plan for its U.S.-based sulfone business, which focuses on polymer solutions for various critical life science applications, as part of its ongoing commitment to build capacity in this field to support a growing…