Chinese Biologists Invent New Nanomaterial to Enhance Plant Photosynthesis
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 11, A Chinese research team has developed a carbon-based nanomaterial from agricultural waste biomass that can enhance plant photosynthesis and potentially boost crop growth. Ac...
LG and Nissan Among First Customers for Sumitomo Chemical’s Chemically Recycled Acrylic Resin
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 10, Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) will begin selling its polymer material polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) made from methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer produced through chem...
Wacker to Replace Fossil Coal With Biogenic Carbon for Production of Silicon
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 10, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is to start replacing coal with biogenic carbon for its silicon production in Holla, Norway. A long-term supply contract t...
Evonik and Pingmei Shenma Sign Hydrogen Peroxide Licensing Agreement in China
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 10, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) will license its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production technology to China Pingmei Shenma Group Nylon Technology (Shenma) to build an H2O...
Essberger Lifts Option for Two Methanol-Ready Chemical Tankers at Chinese Yard
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 7, German shipping company John T. Essberger has executed an option for two additional 13,000 dwt chemical tankers with 1A ice class and stainless steel tanks at the Rainbow shi...
Chiyoda Wins EPC Contract for Direct Methylcyclohexane Electrosynthesis Demo Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 7, Chiyoda Corporation has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Eneos Corporation for a large-scale Direct Methylcyclohexane electrosynthe...
Vopak to Expand Thailand Terminal for US Ethane Imports From 2029
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, Global independent storage operator Vopak said on Thursday that it will expand its joint-venture terminal in Thailand to handle U.S. ethane imports for state energy firm PTT ...
LG Chem to Begin Mass Production of Precursor-Free Cathode Materials
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, At the Interbattery 2025 event in Seoul, South Korea, LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will be the first Korean company to begin mass production of precurs...
Syensqo and Vartega to Develop Carbon-Fiber Recycling Ecosystem
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Vartega Inc. announced a technical and commercial collaboration to create an ecosystem to foster the use of post-industrial recycled carb...
Bionova Scientific, an Asahi Kasei Company, Opens Biologics Manufacturing Facility in California
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 6, Bionova Scientific, an Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) company and commercial-scale biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced the opening ...
Innospec to Expand Production Capacity for Drag-Reducing Agents in Texas
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 5, Innospec Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it is expanding production capacity for its proprietary Drag Reducing Agent (DRA) technologies at its plant in Pleasanton, TX....
Toray Opens Advanced Semiconductor Technologies and Materials R&D Center in Taiwan
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 5, Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has opened the Toray Taiwan Technical Center. The new facility will reinforce R&D in advanced semiconductor technologies and ...
ADNOC, OMV to Create Major Polyolefins Player
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, OMV AG and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. PJSC (ADNOC) on Tuesday signed an agreement to consolidate their polyolefin businesses, with ADNOC also agreeing to acquire NOVA Chemica...
Covestro Commissions New Emissions-Reduction Project at Nitric Acid Plant in Baytown
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) recently made significant progress towards its scope 1 climate neutrality goal for its Baytown, TX site. A newly commissioned project, known...
Totalenergies Commissions Its 8th Biomethane Plant in France
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, TotalEnergies SE (Paris) announces the commissioning of BioNorrois, its 8th biomethane production unit in France, located in Fontaine-le-Dun (Normandy). It will inject 153 GW...
Idemitsu Kosan to Construct New Lithium Sulfide Plant in Japan
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo) has decided to construct a large-scale production facility for lithium-sulfide (Li2S), a material used in all-solid-state lithium-ion recharge...
Italy’s Enea Testing Highly Uv-Transparent Encapsulants
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 2, A research team at Italy’s National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) performed accelerated UV aging tests on two types of...
Fronius Introduces 15.8 KWh Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery for Rooftop PV
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 28, Austrian inverter manufacturer Fronius has announced its first battery storage system, it said in a statement. Fronius Reserva Dubbed Fronius Reserva, the high-voltage batte...
Saint-Gobain Deploys Fives’ Hybrid Heating Technology to Accelerate Decarbonization of Its Plant in Biandrate, Italy
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 28, Combustion specialist Fives (Paris, France) installed its first e-Ductflame hybrid burner in Saint-Gobain‘s h-old site in Biandrate, Italy, which produces pressure-sen...
Ceramics UK Operates Pilot Kiln Entirely on Hydrogen Fuel
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 28, Ceramics UK, the trade association for the U.K. ceramics industry, announced a landmark achievement in its ‘Demonstrating Hydrogen in the Ceramics Sector’ projec...
KBR Awarded Pmc Contract to Oversee Development of Fertilizer Project in Angola
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 28, KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) announced Feb. 26 that it has been awarded a contract for Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services by AMUFERT to support the developmen...
Johnson Matthey Launches New Catalyst-Testing Units for FCC Additives
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 27, Johnson Matthey plc (JM), based in London, has introduced its newly acquired Advanced Cracking Evaluation (ACE) units and related equipment at its Savannah plant. Obtained f...
Qatarenergy Signs 20-Year Helium Sales and Purchase Agreement With China’s G-Gas
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 25, QatarEnergy and Guangzhou Guanggang Gases & Energy Company Ltd (G-gas) have entered into a long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for helium supply. The agreement stip...
RONN Inc. JV Partner Hes Secures Mega-Project Agreement in South Korea
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 25, RONN Inc. today announced a significant collaboration with Hydrogen Energy Systems Inc. (HES) to develop a mega project worth over USD $355 million. The partnership aims to ...
Balrampur Chini Mills to Set up PLA Bio Polymer Unit in Uttar Pradesh
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 24, Balrampur Chini Mills has announced to set up a Polylactic Acid (PLA) biopolymer manufacturing unit at Kumbhi, Uttar Pradesh with an investment of Rs 2,850 crore. This plant...
Sumitomo Chemical Acquires Liquid-Crystal-Polymer Resin Business From Syensqo
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 21, Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has acquired the assets of a liquid-crystal-polymer (LCP) neat resin business from Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium). By incorporating th...
BASF to Build New Alcoholates Plant in Ludwigshafen
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 20, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is investing a mid-double-digit million-euro amount in a new alcoholates plant at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The plant will produce s...
POET and Tallgrass Collaborate on Carbon-Capture Project at Nebraska Bioprocessing Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 20, POET LLC, the largest biofuel producer in the world, and Tallgrass, a prominent infrastructure company, have signed agreements to connect POETs bioprocessing facility in Fai...
OMV Petrom Starts Construction of Sustainable Fuels Production Unit at Petrobrazi Refinery
Wedoany.com Report-Feb 20, OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) announced the start of construction for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the Petrobrazi r...
S-Oil’s Shaheen Project to Boost Korea’s Petrochemical Competitiveness
S-Oil‘s Shaheen project construction site at the Onsan plant in the southeastern port city of Ulsan Wedoany.com Report-Feb 17, S-Oil’s Shaheen project is set to become a key driver of gro...