Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today launched a major global campaign to reduce the climate change impact of nitrous oxide (N2O). Drawing on decades of catalyst research expertise, the company has developed the…
Lummus Technology (Houston), through its Green Circle subsidiary, announced that it has finalized a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Phigenesis, a U.K.-based company established to deliver ISCC+ certified renewable chemical feedstock for use in existing petrochemical plants to manufacture virgin…
Daramic, an Asahi Kasei Group company, and the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of lead-acid battery separators for automotive, industrial and specialty applications, continues to expand its operations in India by doubling its production capacity at its manufacturing plant in…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its production capacity in the rapidly growing Chinese construction market by opening a new mortar production facility in Jiaxing City, in the province of Zhejiang in Eastern China. The commissioning of the new…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Microwave Chemical Co. Ltd. (Suita, Japan) have launched a new initiative aimed at commercializing the use of microwave technology in the chemical recycling of plastic waste. The project involves directly producing raw monomers from plastics…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract by Dyno Nobel to provide digital plant performance monitoring and advisory services for its ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Svante have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further develop Svante, Inc.’s (Burnaby, B.C., Canada; www svanteinc.com) solid sorbent carbon capture technology and provide integrated solutions from concept to project delivery. The partnership will…
Viridos Inc., previously Synthetic Genomics, a privately held biotechnology company harnessing the power of photosynthesis to create transformative solutions to help mitigate climate change, has signed a joint agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (ExxonMobil) with the intent to…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the BF Group announced a partnership to develop sustainable agricultural products for biofuel production. Through an equal joint venture (50% Eni, 50% BF), projects will be developed to research and experiment with agricultural seeds from…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) are planning to develop the world’s largest cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain. The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions at the industrial cluster in the port…