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Wacker expands production capacity for biopharmaceuticals in San Diego

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is increasing capacities in the field of biopharmaceuticals for advanced therapies. Wacker Biotech US, a subsidiary specializing in the fermentative production of plasmid DNA (pDNA), is expanding its mRNA and protein production. As a contract…

Carbon Clean achieves fabrication milestone with major eMethanol project’s first carbon-capture unit module

Carbon Clean (London) has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale eMethanol facility under construction. The first equipment has been mounted on the structural steel of the first module, marking the start of the module assembly…

Aker Solutions to upgrade Equinor’s Mongstad refinery

Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has been awarded a substantial EPCIC contract by Equinor to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant facilities and lower the environmental impact of the Mongstad refinery on the west coast of Norway. The Mongstad refinery, situated…

Carbios and Hündgen enter supply agreement for world’s first PET biorecycling plant

Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) and Hündgen Entsorgungs GmbH & Co. KG (Hündgen), a waste management expert in logistics, sorting services and the recycling of recyclable materials from waste mixtures, announce the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding relating to the…

Nano One and Worley announce alliance to jointly develop cathode plant projects

Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) a clean technology company with patented processes for the sustainable production of lithium-ion battery cathode active materials (CAM), and Worley Chemetics, a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Worley Limited  have entered into a…

Fortescue launches work on its first U.S. green-hydrogen plant

Fortescue (East Perth, Australia) marked a new phase in the development of the company’s $550 million venture into green hydrogen production in the United States, the first of Fortescue’s planned green energy investments in North America with a soil turn…

Introduction to Deep Bed Filtration: Key Principles and Design Applications

Understanding deep bed filters, their advantages and capabilities, and how they fit into process applications is important when making equipment selection, and determining if deep bed filtration is the correct choice for a given application. This paper aims to be…

Bp’s Archaea Energy starts up modular RNG plant in Kansas

Bp plc (London) announced that its Archaea Energy started up its largest original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant to date in Shawnee, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City. The plant, which is fully-owned by Archaea, is…

CP Kelco completes $60-million fiber capacity expansion in Brazil

CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) has completed a $60 million expansion in production capacity for its citrus fiber product line, based on strong customer demand and market potential. With this significant expansion, the company has ample capacity to support current and…

LyondellBasell selects location for integrated plastics-recycling facility

LyondellBasell Industries  (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has secured a location for an integrated plastic-waste recycling hub south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany, signing a land lease agreement with YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG. The hub is planned…