Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) is opening a state-of-the-art facility in Lima, Peru, to produce synthetic macro fibers, and expanding the rollout of a product range with great growth potential in Latin America. With this innovative technology, Sika is further strengthening…
Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; Tokyo) and Denka Company Ltd. (Denka) have signed joint-venture (JV) agreement in the business of fullerenes, carbon molecules that form the base of cutting-edge materials in the field of nanotechnology. Under the terms of this agreement, Denka…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it will construct an integrated plant in Ontario, Canada for the base film manufacturing and coating of Hipore wet-process lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator. In relation to this plant, Asahi Kasei has concluded a basic…
Frontier Energy, GTI Energy and the Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin hosted the grand opening of a hydrogen research and demonstration facility. It was developed as part of the “Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in…
Cutting edge technologies for recycling mixed plastics are being developed, and carefully chosen control valves will be critical for process viability and success Since their introduction over a century ago, plastics have become a mainstay in all aspects of our…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has signed two agreements with Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel, a member of the China Baowu Steel Group Corporation, one of the world's largest steel enterprises. Linde has signed an agreement to de-captivate an air separation…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced a $20-million investment to its plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, to enhance production of innovative acrylic emulsions. Dating back to the 1950s, Lubrizol has a long history of innovating and manufacturing acrylic emulsion technologies…
Standard Lithium Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)has successfully commissioned and validated the performance of the largest continuously-operating Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) equipment in North America. The Company recently installed a commercial-scale DLE column at its Demonstration Plant near El Dorado, Arkansas.…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Anellotech, Inc. announced that they have signed a global joint-development agreement to work cooperatively to further develop and then license Anellotech’s Plas-TCat process, a one-step thermal-catalytic recycling technology that converts mixed plastic wastes back into its…
Innovafeed (Paris, France), a global leader in the production of insect ingredients for high-quality animal feed, pet food and plant nutrition, inaugurated its North American Insect Innovation Center (NAIIC) in Decatur, Illinois on the 18th of April. This pilot plant…