Chemical Engineering

Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is using Celtic Renewables’ (Grangemouth, U.K.; www.celtic-renewables.com) bio-butanol to produce ECOHANCE® Soft BOL, a sustainable emollient for cosmetics and personal care products. Combined with Evonik’s formulation expertise, the result is a final product that meets both performance and environmental expectations. Celtic Renewa...

MAIRE (Milan, Italy; www.groupmaire.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions) has been awarded a contract by Fértil Pampa S.A.U., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pampa Energia S.A., for a large-scale fertilizer complex in Argentina. The facility will include a large-scale ammonia plant and two parallel ultra-low energy (ULE) urea trains, each wi...

Empower EIT (Addison, Tex.; www.empowereit.com), a vertically integrated lithium technology and operating company, has completed the commissioning of its 17,000-square-foot Dallas Operations & Innovation Center as the company targets first commercial sales in 2027. Leveraging its proprietary direct lithium extraction (DLE) and conversion technology, the company processed ...

Luminy FOAM 50F is a high-melt-strength polylactic acid (PLA) grade designed for extrusion foamed-packaging applications. Developed for trays used in fresh food products, like meat and fish, and food-service packaging such as clamshells and bowls, the material delivers the performance of conventional extruded polystyrene (XPS) while providing a lower-carbon, circular alternat...

New ShieldDrive i Series (SDi) rotary-vane vacuum pumps feature two new maintenance-focused enhancements: a Quick-Change Oil Mist Filter and an Easy Oil Change system. Together, these features are intended to improve uptime, simplify service and support a cleaner operating environment. Building upon the performance and leak-free reliability of the original ShieldDrive platfor...