Schneider Electric SE (Paris) announced plans to invest $140 million into its U.S. manufacturing operations and create about 750 new manufacturing jobs across the country in 2024. The company will invest $85 million initially to transform and equip an existing…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) will study the exploration and extraction of natural hydrogen and helium in Australia. The development study is an engineering services agreement between Australian-owned natural hydrogen company H2EX Limited, a world leader in exploring naturally…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced that it has commenced a sale process for its 50% ownership in Americas Styrenics LLC (AmSty), a joint venture (JV) with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.). As part of its transformation strategy,…
EuroChem Group (Zug, Switzerland) has opened its new phosphate fertilizer production facility in Serra do Salitre, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. With a total project investment of nearly $1 billion, the new phosphate mine and plant complex was constructed in…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) has concluded a license agreement with Kellogg Brown & Root, Ltd. (KBR, Ltd.), an operating company of engineering firm KBR, Inc. (Houston), to provide CO2 capture technology for a low-carbon hydrogen-production plant being established…
thyssenkrupp nucera is strengthening its hydrogen electrolysis technology portfolio with the highly innovative high-temperature electrolysis (SOEC) of the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS. thyssenkrupp nucera and the Fraunhofer IKTS are entering into a strategic partnership for this…
Syensqo and Tomra, a leading provider of sensor-based sorting technology and solutions for the circular economy, have joined forces to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of separating and sorting multi-component plastic structures in which polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) serves as…
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has signed a contract for the engineering and procurement of an air separation unit (ASU) and a nitrogen wash unit (NWU) for a urea plant in Karratha, Western Australia. Perdaman Industries is making an investment of…
Pearl Group (Formerly known as Bayer Pearl and Pearl Covestro; Dubai), a global specialist in polyurethane (PU), has significantly enhanced its operational footprint and capabilities in Saudi Arabia, doubling its production capacity in the Kingdom and significantly expanding its ability…
ABB Inc (Zurich, Switzerland) and Salt X Technology AB (Hägersten, Sweden) have signed an agreement to enable the further development of technologies in the Electric Arc Calcination (EAC) process. ABB will also become a minority shareholder in Salt X. The…