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Saint-Gobain finalizes sale of HKO textile and insulation business

Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has completed the sale of HKO in Germany and its arm in France Deltec – its business manufacturing technical textile components for high-temperature insulation mainly for automotive and industrial applications – to a fund managed by…

Sandvik to divest its Additive Manufacturing business to Mimir

Sandvik AB (Stockholm, Sweden) has signed an agreement to divest its business unit Additive Manufacturing to Mimir, a global investment firm based in Sweden. Additive Manufacturing, which is reported in business area Machining, manufactures metal powders used in areas such…

NorSAF selects KBR technology for large-scale plant in Northern Europe

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that NorSAF, one of the leading sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producers in the Baltics, has selected KBR’s proprietary PureSAF® technology for what is set to become the largest SAF and e-SAF production plant in Northern Europe.…

Repsol begins large-scale production of 100% renewable fuels in Puertollano

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced the launch of its second 100% renewable fuel plant on the Iberian peninsula, located at its Puertollano industrial complex (Ciudad Real). The facility has the capacity to produce 200,000 tons per year, in addition to…

Honoring distinctive work in the chemical process industries

For over 120 years, Chemical Engineering magazine has highlighted state-of-the-art technologies and prioritized practical engineering expertise to help advance the chemical process industries (CPI). In holding with this storied tradition, the Chemical Engineering team is proud to announce the new…

This tool allows users to build simulations with natural-language instructions

This company has announced that a new AI agent is integrated into its universal atomistic simulator, and that is allows researchers to build and run simulations using natural-language instructions. The release includes a public Skills library on GitHub, available immediately,…

Business News: June 2026

Plant Watch BASF commissions new fermentation plant in Ludwigshafen May 11, 2026 — BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced that its Agricultural Solutions business commissioned a new fermentation plant for biological and biotechnology-based products at the Ludwigshafen site. The products…

Pilot-scale production of gasoline and naphtha from carbon dioxide

A team of researchers at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT; Daejeon, South Korea; www.krict.re.kr), along with industry partners, has developed catalyst and process technology that converts carbon dioxide into liquid hydrocarbons, such as gasoline and naphtha, without…

Volatility, Value and Visibility: Rethinking Raw-Material Strategies

Due to current global conditions, raw-material considerations — volatility in particular — are now being taken into account earlier, and integrated more intimately, into project planning and management strategies Over the past few years, raw materials have moved from the…

Plasma in Practice: Low-Emission Flaring Technology Moves Forward

A novel flare-stack configuration utilizing plasma technology has transitioned from the research stage to a commercial-scale operating site Amidst ambitious sustainability goals and the drive toward “net zero” emissions, engineering and research teams across the globe are developing and evaluating…