Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary, KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A., has been awarded the ISBL Package, in the framework of the Horizon Project, by Total Raffinage France, part of Total S.A. The project mainly consists…
Thermoplastics manufacturer Ingenia Polymers Corp. (www.ingeniapolymers.com) has acquired the La Porte, Tex. operations of LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com), commonly known as Bayshore Industrial. The LaPorte assets represent Ingenia’s first acquisition since its founding 34 years ago.
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) and partners Juhl Energy (Juhl) and Harrison Street Investors held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completed construction of two wind turbines that will supply up to 5.0 MW of fully renewable electricity to Gevo…
DOMO Chemicals GmbH (Leuna, Germany; www.domochemicals.com) has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art plant in Zhejiang, China. The new plant will be capable of producing 50,000 ton/yr of sustainable and innovative engineered nylon compounds. The company signed a new factory…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) has agreed to acquire 100% of Mahoney Environmental (Mahoney), a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States, and its affiliated entities. The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use four Honeywell UOP Polybed pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for the second phase of an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The…
Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com), SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and UPM Biofuels (Helsinki, Finland; www.upmbiofuels.com) announced a partnership that will help to reduce the environmental footprint of Dyneema, the world’s strongest fiber. The collaboration will see Dyneema…
Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com) will provide a processing plant integrating HPD crystallization systems designed to extract high-quality potash fertilizer from the brines of the Dead Sea. Population growth, rising incomes and the need for increased fresh food production are expanding…
Preem (Stockholm, Sweden; www.preem.se) has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) HydroFlex renewable-fuel technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at its Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. The 16,000 barrels-per-day (bbl/d) unit will have a yearly production capacity…
The development of renewable energy that is intermittent and decentralized requires the security of the electricity grid through flexible electricity storage capacities, especially in the form of batteries. Total S.A. (Paris France; www.total.com) has launched a battery-based energy storage project…