Mobile Navigation

Latest News: Business

Novoloop announces strategic partnership to scale up production of post-consumer TPU materials

At the K Show, Novoloop (Menlo Park, Calif.) announced a strategic partnership with Shanghai Huide Science & Technology Co., Ltd. to scale the production of Novoloop’s Lifecycled thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The collaboration is formalized through a five-year Contract Manufacturing Agreement,…

Evonik opens fumed alumina production plant in Japan

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has officially opened its first state-of-theart fumed alumina production facility “Alu5” in Yokkaichi, Japan, which marks a major step forward in the company’s strategy to serve the Asian market with advanced aluminum oxide-based solutions. This…

Saint-Gobain completes construction of gypsum mine in British Columbia

Saint-Gobain Canada announced that its CertainTeed Kootenay West Gypsum Mine has completed the final phase of construction and entered full production capacity with the installation and commissioning of permanent equipment on site. The Kootenay West Gypsum Mine located near Canal…

Air Water acquires new gas plant at Tata Steel plant in eastern India

Air Water Inc. (Osaka, Japan) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Air Water India Pvt. Ltd., has acquired a large-scale gas plant currently under construction at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand, Eastern India, and has entered into a 20-year…

ABB secures major plant electrification contract with SSAB’s new fossil-free steel mill in Sweden

ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) has been awarded a contract by SSAB (Stockholm, Sweden) to deliver the main electrical infrastructure for the steelmaker’s new fossil-free mini-mill in Luleå, Sweden. The order includes the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the main…

John Cockerill and Axens launch new torrefaction technology for renewable fuels production

John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium) and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) launch the NesaBTF™ torrefaction technology, a pretreatment solution for the renewable fuel chain BioTfueL® process developed by BioNext, a consortium between Axens, CEA, IFP Energies Nouvelles, Avril, TotalEnergies, and ThyssenKrupp Uhde. The…

Veolia awarded operation and maintenance contract for Chile’s first multipurpose desalination plant

Veolia SE (Paris) was awarded the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the Aguas Pacífico multipurpose desalination plant in Valparaíso, the first in Chile (1,000 L/s), ahead of five leading national and international companies that were part of the tender.…

Plug Power completes first phase of hydrogen delivery for Germany’s H2CAST project

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.)announced the completion of the first phase of its hydrogen supply delivery of 44.5 metric tons for H2CAST (Hydrogen Cavern Storage Transition), a joint project led by Gasunie and STORAG ETZEL in Germany. Gasunie is an…

Linde starts up air separation unit in eastern Tennessee

Linde plc (Dublin, Ireland) announced it has started up the supply of industrial gases to serve customers in the Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville areas of eastern Tennessee, as well as northern Alabama and Georgia. The new air separation unit (ASU)…

Malaysia’s first melamine plant nears start of operation

Technip Energies (Paris)  has announced that Malaysia’s first melamine plant, developed for Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – received its ‘Ready For Start Up’ (RFSU) certificate. The plant at Kedah has a capacity of 60,000 metric tons…