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Cyclyx reaches investment for its first plastics circularity center in Houston

Cyclyx International, a joint venture among Agilyx, ExxonMobil, and LyondellBasell, announces a final investment decision (FID) to build the first Cyclyx Circularity Center (CCC). The facility is designed to accept and process plastics that are currently going to U.S. landfills…

Cepsa and C2X set up joint project to develop the largest green methanol plant in Europe

Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain) and C2X, an independent company majority owned by A.P. Moller Holding with A.P. Moller – Maersk as minority owner, announce a joint ambition to develop a green methanol plant in the port of Huelva, southern Spain. Green…

Asahi Kasei invests in Canadian manufacturer of anion exchange membranes

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) has made an investment in Ionomr Innovations Inc., a Canadian startup that manufactures anion exchange membrane (AEM). Ionomr’s high-performance, durable, next-generation membrane has the potential to be transformative for the cost-efficient and scalable production of green…

Nextchem awarded process-design contract for waste-to-SAF project Louisiana

 Nextchem (Maire's Sustainable Technology Solutions business unit), through its subsidiary MyRechemical, leading the Waste-to-Chemical segment, has been selected by DG Fuels Lousiana to provide the Process Design Package in relation to a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) facility under development in…

Linde increases hydrogen production capacity in Alabama

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has increased the liquid hydrogen production capacity at its facility in McIntosh, Alabama. Linde’s McIntosh facility will now produce up to 30 tons per day of liquid hydrogen for the local merchant market.…

Lummus and Toshiba announce partnership for advanced carbon-capture projects

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. announced a master collaboration agreement to jointly pursue carbon capture projects. Lummus will provide its post-combustion carbon capture technology and Toshiba will provide its advanced amine-based solvents specifically tailored for…

Technip Energies and John Cockerill form green-hydrogen JV

Technip Energies (Paris) and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium)have anounced the formation of a joint venture (JV) called Rely, which will focus on Green Hydrogen and Power-to-X Solutions The creation of Rely responds to this urgent need to scale up green…

Kemira to divest its oil-and-gas business to Sterling Specialty Chemicals

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to divest its Oil & Gas-related portfolio to Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Artek Group, a global industrial chemicals group based in India. The transaction enables Kemira to focus…

thyssenkrupp Uhde awarded contract for biopolymer plant from Gulf Biopolymers Industries

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) has secured a Basic Engineering Package (BEP) and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) package for the establishment of a biopolymer plant on the Arabian Peninsula. The plant is intended to produce an industrial large-scale volume of polylactic…

Neste and Eppendorf partnering on renewable materials for laboratory equipment

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has joined forces with Eppendorf SE (Hamburg, Germany), a leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory equipment, to advance the development of lab products made with renewable raw materials. Working together, the strategic partnership made it possible…