ArcelorMittal SA (Luxembourg; www.arcelormittal.com) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo; www.mhi.com) are working with a climate tech company, D-CRBN (Antwerp, Belgium; www.d-crbn.com), to trial a new technology to convert CO2 captured at ArcelorMittal’s plant in Gent, Belgium into carbon…
A new survey of 300 corporate researchers in industries including pharmaceuticals, life sciences and chemicals has been published by Elsevier B.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.elsevier.com), a global leader in scientific information and data analytics. The 2024 Elsevier Attitudes on AI…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) and Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) jointly announced that Honeywell has agreed to acquire Air Products’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business for $1.81 billion in an all-cash transaction. This represents approximately 13x estimated…
Biotech company ZymoChem (San Leandro, Calif.) announced the launch of BAYSE, the world's first scalable, 100% bio-based, and biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP). This product is set to revolutionize the $145 billion global hygiene industry and pave the way for…
ENTEK (Lebanon, Ore.), a U.S.-based producer of ‘wet-process’ lithium-ion battery separator materials, announced that it has received a conditional commitment of up to $1.2 billion for a direct loan to ENTEK Lithium Separators LLC (ENTEK) from the U.S. Department of…
The white paper, "Winning at Scale: What Companies Need to Know About the Power of Licensing” outlines the benefits of using a licensing approach to commercialize chemical process technologies. It emphasizes how licensing can accelerate market entry, conserve capital, and…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) is pleased to launch KCOTKlean, a suite of low and zero-carbon technologies aimed at decarbonizing the catalytic olefins process. This technology integrates KBR’s Catalytic Olefins technology, K-COT, with Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials’ (KIMM) CPOx technology. …
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has announced an investment in expanding its ferric chloride capacity in Tarragona, Spain, to enable production of specific biogas products BDP (Biogas Digestion Product). This investment will enable Kemira to respond to the growing market demand…
TotalEnergies S.A. (Paris) announced the acquisition of Tecoil, a Finnish company specialized in the production of Re-Refined Base Oils (RRBOs), which has the most efficient used oil regeneration process on the market today. Tecoil currently operates a production facility of…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that a newly updated and automated production line is up and running at the company's Suzhou site in China, part of a €14-million investment designed to accelerate growth and double the plant’s capacity for…