OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) will invest approximately EUR 750 million at Petrobrazi to transform the refinery into the first major producer of sustainable fuels in the region. The company has made the final investment decision to build a SAF/HVO…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Cyclic Materials, an advanced metals recycling company building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical metals, announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of recycled mixed rare earth oxide…
Transform Materials has joined forces with Johnson Matthey plc in a new partnership that will see scientists and engineers at both companies apply their combined expertise with the aim of revolutionizing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production through a novel, lower-carbon-emission,…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) is supplying its HydroFlex technology to Canadian startup Braya Renewable Fuels, who converted a former petroleum refinery to produce renewable diesel in Come By Chance, Canada. Braya has plans to increase capacity in phase two of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and WHW Recycling GmbH (WHW Recycling) have entered an agreement on the processing of cathode and anode waste to make battery cell production in Europe more sustainable. WHW Recycling, a joint venture between Walch Holding and…
Solugen Inc. (Houston; www.solugen.com) has secured a conditional commitment for a $213.6 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO). This financing will support the construction of the Bioforge Marshall facility in Southwest Minnesota,…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) agreement from Abraxas Power Corporation for the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) project located in Central Newfoundland. The project represents Canada's first commercial green hydrogen and ammonia…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is further expanding its pharma division ALPLApharma with its acquisition of Heinlein Plastik-Technik GmbH. The German packaging specialist Heinlein is one of the world’s best-known groups for the development and manufacture of closure systems, dosing systems…
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that its subsidiary KT - Kinetics Technology (Integrated E&C Solutions), also leveraging the technological know-how of NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), has been awarded by HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie GmbH (HOLBORN) an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) project…
Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced the successful completion of a new factory for advanced semiconductor materials in Pyeongtaek City, Korea. The new factory, constructed by FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Korea Co., will produce the Color Mosiac product line of color filter materials…