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Total to install Sunfire hydrogen technology at German refinery

Sunfire GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.sunfire.de) has signed a cooperation agreement with the French major energy company Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com). Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale high temperature electrolyzer for use in industrial environments as part of the E-CO2MET research…

UOP Ecofining technology licensed for Diamond Green Diesel’s expansion project

Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that Diamond Green Diesel will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process technology to meet growing demand for renewable fuels in North America and Europe. With the…

Lukoil opens lubricants plant in Kazakhstan

Last month, PJSC Lukoil (Moscow, Russia; www.lukoil.com) opened a new lubricants plant in the Almaty region  in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The new plant has an annual output of 100,000 metric tons. The plant will produce more than 800 different…

Linde invests in ITM Power, forms JV for industrial-scale ‘green’ hydrogen

ITM Power plc (Sheffield, U.K.; www.itm-power.com) is pleased to announce its intention to raise at least £52.0 million (before expenses) through a strategic investment of £38.0 million share by Linde UK Holdings No. 2 Limited, a member of the Linde…

DuPont to acquire membrane business from Evoqua Water Technologies

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) has signed an agreement to acquire the Memcor business, including ultrafiltration and membrane biofiltration technologies, from Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to customary closing conditions…

Wacker starts up pyrogenic silica plant in Tennessee

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) brought a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica on stream at its site in Charleston, Tennessee. Representatives from the government and from business attended the ceremony. The facility has a production capacity of 13,000 metric…

PTA production: Lowering OPEX without compromising on quality

You have to spend money to make money. Never has the old adage been truer than in today’s world of Industry 4.0, smart engineering advances, and fiercely competitive markets. In the past, to achieve high-quality separation and high purity of…

Ineos breaks ground in Marl for world-scale cumene plant

INEOS Phenol (London; www.ineos.com) has broken ground at its world-scale cumene investment in Marl, Germany. The new unit is scheduled to be completed in 2021 and will produce 750,000 metric tons per year of cumene (m.t./yr). Its location will help…

Toray starts production of PA and PBT at new compounding plant in India

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) announced that Toray Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd. began manufacturing polyamide (PA) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) at a new facility in September. Key applications for these resins include components for automotive and electrical and electronic.…

Trinseo completes acquisition of Dow’s latex manufacturing assets in Rheinmunster, Germany

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) has completed the acquisition from Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) of latex production facilities and related infrastructure at Rheinmunster, Germany. The transaction includes full ownership and operational control of both latex production facilities at Rheinmunster, as well…