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Johnson Matthey announces partnership with Basecamp Research to accelerate biocatalysis technologies

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London), a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Basecamp Research, a leader in mapping biodiversity for computational bio-design, today announced their partnership to accelerate the adoption of more sustainable, bio-based catalysts.  Biocatalysts are used across a…

Linde increases hydrogen production capacity in Alabama

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has increased the liquid hydrogen production capacity at its facility in McIntosh, Alabama. Linde’s McIntosh facility will now produce up to 30 tons per day of liquid hydrogen for the local merchant market.…

Lummus and Toshiba announce partnership for advanced carbon-capture projects

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. announced a master collaboration agreement to jointly pursue carbon capture projects. Lummus will provide its post-combustion carbon capture technology and Toshiba will provide its advanced amine-based solvents specifically tailored for…

Technip Energies and John Cockerill form green-hydrogen JV

Technip Energies (Paris) and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium)have anounced the formation of a joint venture (JV) called Rely, which will focus on Green Hydrogen and Power-to-X Solutions The creation of Rely responds to this urgent need to scale up green…

Lanxess announces plans to supply Standard Lithium with lithium-rich brine

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has reached an understanding with Canadian company Standard Lithium on key points for further cooperation on the latter's lithium project at the LANXESS site in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. Accordingly, in the event of industrial production…

CF Industries completes acquisition of Waggaman ammonia production facility

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it has closed its acquisition of Incitec Pivot Limited’s (IPL) ammonia production complex located in Waggaman, Louisiana. Under the terms of the agreement, CF Industries purchased the Waggaman ammonia plant and related…

Toyo awarded contract for acetylene black project in Thailand

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been awarded engineering and procurement contract for an acetylene black project by Denka SCGC Advanced Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture company of Denka Company Ltd. and SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand). Acetylene Black…

Kemira to divest its oil-and-gas business to Sterling Specialty Chemicals

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to divest its Oil & Gas-related portfolio to Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Artek Group, a global industrial chemicals group based in India. The transaction enables Kemira to focus…

thyssenkrupp Uhde awarded contract for biopolymer plant from Gulf Biopolymers Industries

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) has secured a Basic Engineering Package (BEP) and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) package for the establishment of a biopolymer plant on the Arabian Peninsula. The plant is intended to produce an industrial large-scale volume of polylactic…

Neste and Eppendorf partnering on renewable materials for laboratory equipment

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has joined forces with Eppendorf SE (Hamburg, Germany), a leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory equipment, to advance the development of lab products made with renewable raw materials. Working together, the strategic partnership made it possible…