Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com) will provide a chemical processing plant featuring HPD evaporation and crystallization technologies designed to convert lithium carbonate into lithium hydroxide employed in the manufacturing of batteries that power electric vehicles. Driven by their joint success in…
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is investing in the safety of fresh food products by building Germany’s biggest center for high-pressure processing of food in the town of Quakenbrück, Lower Saxony. Dr. Bernd Althusmann, State Minister for Economic…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) announced that it has successfully commenced the commercial recovery of cathode active materials from spent lithium-ion cells/batteries. This further strengthens TCL’s commitment to longterm sustainable practices supporting a circular economy around the company’s…
Six months after expanding to America, the largest family-run industrial gases specialist worldwide, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com), is investing €34.6 million ($38 million) in the construction of a new air separation plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, America. The…
Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India; www.praj.net) has announced a milestone in the commercialization of its ‘enfinity’ technology. ‘Enfinity’, Praj’s proprietary technology, will be deployed to produce ethanol and other c0-products using sugarcane bagasse in what will be the first bagasse-based…
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS; www.consultdss.com) announced its debut as an independent global operations management consulting firm following its separation from DuPont. The new company will provide enhanced solutions that enable clients to protect their employees and assets, improve the effectiveness of…
Kyocera Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; global.kyocera.com) and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube City, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced t that the two companies have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to manufacture ceramic filters for 5G base stations. Under the agreement, Kyocera will acquire…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced that it has conducted tests on approximately 30 tons of miscanthus provided by INA, Croatia’s leading oil and gas company. The miscanthus biomass was harvested and baled at the INA demonstration site in Croatia in…
Interface Biologics Inc. (IBI; Toronto, Canada; www.interfacebiologics.com), a privately held, commercial-stage developer of innovative material science technologies for Medtech and Pharmaceutical applications, is pleased to announce the sale of its surface modification business to Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com).…
The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), operating under the Chemetall brand (www.chemetall.com), has started construction of its surface treatment site in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone of Pinghu, Zhejiang…