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Borealis partners with Reclay Group on recycling packaging waste

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) and the Reclay Group, international experts in environmental and material recovery management, have joined forces to satisfy increasing market demand for the supply of recyclate material for use in high-end plastic applications. This unique partnership…

Evonik to build world’s first industrial-scale production plant for rhamnolipids

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing a three-digit million-euro sum in the construction of a new production plant for bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids. The decision to build the plant follows a breakthrough in Evonik's research and development. Rhamnolipids…

Lukoil selects UOP vaccum distillation and FCC technologies for refinery upgrade

Honeywell announced that LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of LUKOIL, will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its refinery to convert low value vacuum gasoil into high value products such as gasoline and propylene. Phase one of the project…

McDermott and CSIRO to jointly evaluate carbon-capture opportunities

McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO; Melbourne), Australia's premier national science organization, are evaluating technical and commercial opportunities for the deployment of CSIRO's carbon capture technologies for energy and heavy industry applications. McDermott's…

Sulzer to provide process technology for NatureWorks’ bioplastics plant

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland)  is delivering customized state-of-the-art production technology to NatureWorks’ latest biopolymer manufacturing facility which will be located in Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex, Thailand. Developed to support the increasing global demand for polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics, the fully…

Yara and Lantmännen sign agreement to commercialize fossil-free fertilizers

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and Lantmännen signed a commercial agreement to bring fossil-free fertilizers to market. Produced with renewable energy, these green fertilizers are crucial for decarbonizing the food chain and offering consumers more sustainable food choices. Yara, a…

SABIC signs MoU with Aramco and PKN Orlen for petrochemical expansions in Europe

SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco Technologies Co. and PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) for the exploration of potential petrochemical growth or expansion projects in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement will enable…

Covestro selects Maire Tecnimont as EPC provider for new aniline plant in Antwerp

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) for a new aniline plant in Antwerp, Belgium. Covestro is one of the world’s leading polymer companies, focusing…

Pörner announces startup of Metafrax formalin plant in Russia

Pörner Group (Vienna, Austria) announced that Metafrax successfully commissioned and started up a new Dynea fasil formalin plant in Gubakha, Russia together with its licensor Dynea AS. Pörner Grimma supported Dynea AS as an engineering partner for the piping and…

CropEnergies and Johnson Matthey enter agreement for renewable ethyl acetate production

CropEnergies AG (Mannheim, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (London) have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol near its production site in Zeitz,…