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Chemical Recycling is Essential for Plastics Circularity, but Faces Challenges

Environmental imperatives drive the development of technologies for the chemical recycling of plastic waste, but significant hurdles – including economic viability, collection logistics and feedstock complexity – need to be addressed for chemical recycling to have a larger impact Plastic…

Cepsa rebrands itself as Moeve, highlighting focus on energy transition

Cepsa announced its name change to Moeve, marking a significant milestone in the company’s transformation. This change positions Moeve as a leader in the European energy transition and demonstrates the significant progress achieved under its 2030 Positive Motion strategy, reinforcing…

Merck KGaA investing $76 million to expand MilliporeSigma manufacturing plant in St. Louis

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced a $76 million expansion of its antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) manufacturing capabilities and capacity at its Bioconjugation Center of Excellence facility in St. Louis, Missouri. This investment…

Grace announces startup of Nayara Energy polypropylene plant

W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace; Columbia, Md.) announced that Nayara Energy Limited (Nayara Energy) successfully started up its new 450,000-ton/yr UNIPOL PP process technology plant in Vadinar, Gujarat, India. Using Grace’s non-phthalate CONSISTA catalysts with the UNIPOL PP process…

Siemens acquires computational science and AI software developer Altair Engineering

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering Inc. (Troy, Mich.; www.altair.com), a leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market. Altair shareholders will receive US$113 per share, representing an enterprise value…

INEOS announces closure of ABS facility in Ohio

INEOS Group Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) today announced its decision to permanently close its ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) production site in Addyston, Ohio. The Company will commence a safe and responsible decommissioning process in the second quarter of 2025. “Over…

Recently published books for November 2024

The following are recently published books with potential relevance for professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI): Ionic Liquid in Process Intensification. By Suojiang Zhang, Elsevier Press, 2024, 400 pages, $153.00.     Nanostructured Lithium Ion Battery Materials. Edited by Sabu…

Braven Environmental and Chevron Phillips Chemical enter into feedstock agreement for pyrolysis oil

Braven Environmental LLC (Tarrytown, N.Y.; www.bravenenvironmental.com), a market leader in advanced recycling, announced the signing of a long-term offtake agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com), a global player in the chemical industry and leading supplier of…

Technip Energies acquires two process engineering and piping design companies in Rome

Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com) announces the acquisition of the businesses of GST srl and Energeco srl, two engineering companies based in Rome, Italy. GST srl and Energeco srl are specialized in process engineering and piping design, with a combined…

Green hydrogen joint venture signs contract for land reservation in Morocco

Under the presidency of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco and His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, the government of the Kingdom of Morocco and TE H2, along with its partners, signed a Preliminary Contract for…