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Consortium receives funding to investigate offshore hydrogen production
ITM Power plc (London), Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark), Siemens Gamesa (Zamudio, Spain) and Element Energy have been awarded €5 million in funding from The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2-JU) under the European Commission to demonstrate and investigate a…
Lanxess to acquire French disinfection specialist Theseo
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) intends to further expand its Consumer Protection business and has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Theseo group. The French group, headquartered in Laval, is a leading manufacturer of disinfection and hygiene solutions in Europe…
Upstream Oil & Gas: Automation intelligence from wellhead to distribution
BROCHURE — Automation intelligence from wellhead to distribution ABB’s wellhead monitoring solutions allow for maximized production while ensuring the safe and proper operation of the pad. This is accomplished through the gathering and processing of quality input data from various…
Albemarle to expand lithium production capacity at Nevada site
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it will expand capacity at the company's lithium production facility in Silver Peak, Nev., and begin a program to evaluate clays and other available Nevada resources for commercial production of lithium, a critical mineral…
Shell takes 40% stake in Montreal waste-to-chemicals plant
Shell will take a 40% interest in a waste-to-fuels plant using technology developed by Enerkem, a leading Canadian clean tech company. Enerkem announced the project in December 2020, subject to finalization of commercial agreements. The approximately C$875 million commercial-scale facility…
Air Liquide to acquire Nikkiso Turboexpander business
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group (Group), a part of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), announced the sale of its Turboexpander Business Line to Air Liquide (Paris). Located mainly in Santa Ana, California, the Turboexpander Business Line designs,…
Sulzer wins contract for biomaterial processing in China
Sulzer Chemtech’s (Winterthur, Switzerland) proprietary separation technology for lactide production has been selected for Zhejiang Depei New Material Co.’s latest plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. The processing equipment will enable the company to produce large volumes of high-quality lactide…
Jindal Films acquires DOMO Chemicals’ Italy-based nylon business
Jindal Films, an international provider of innovative and sustainable films for flexible packaging industry, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Italy-based nylon film specialist DOMO Films Solutions Spa (DFS) from private owned group…
KBR awarded engineering services contract by LanzaTech
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a Master Services Agreement by LanzaTech to provide engineering services for their global carbon recycling technology projects. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide basic engineering design services and…
Momentive acquires silicones business from KCC
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire KCC Corp.'s Silicones business in Korea and the U.K., as well as its sales operations in China, further enhancing Momentive's global capabilities in advanced silicones and specialized…