Kemira has plans to divest most of its colorants business to US-based firm Chromascape. The deal also includes its manufacturing site at Goose Creek in South Carolina. Kemira will retain its colorants business in the APAC region.

The companies Shell USA and Shell Midstream Partners (SHLX) have executed a definitive agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which Shell USA will acquire all of the common units representing limited partner interests in SHLX for a total value of approximately 1.96 billion dollars.

Titan Enterprises’ new UV resin printer facilitates highly iterative design and has the capacity to make small, precise changes to designs. This helps R&D design engineers to experiment with novel designs at a lower cost, both in time and money, and rapid prototyping.

Not only the production of green hydrogen, but also its safe and compact storage is a major challenge for the energy transition. Metal hydrides could be a good solution — they store large quantities of hydrogen in a small space, but release greenhouse gases during production. This is now set to change.

Adnoc and Gail (India) have entered into a MOU to explore LNG supply and decarbonization opportunities. The agreement also includes the potential optimization of LNG trading activities, the review of joint equity investments in renewables and the monitoring of greenhouse gasses for LNG cargoes.

Wuxi STA has recently developed its first high potency oral drug product manufacturing facility in China. With this project, the company aims to expand its integrated drug product R&D and manufacturing services to customers across the globe.

Metso Outotec has bagged a 70-million-euro contract by Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company for delivering two identical sulfuric acid plants for its zinc roasting facility in Almalyk, Uzbekistan. The new units will replace the firm’s existing facilities for gas cleaning and sulfuric acid production at the site.

Quadra Energy is one of the top three aggregators of renewable electricity production in Germany. With this deal, Totalenergies aims to further strengthen its integrated power business in the European country.

Nothing less than redefining maintenance: That's what the robot "geckos" from the company of the same name, which can climb walls, chimneys and plant to search for damaged areas using a variety of sensors, are supposed to do. But a finding alone does not make maintenance...

Engineering company Technip FMC has signed a Letter of Intent with Equinor Energy do Brazil, a subsidiary of Equinor, for an integrated Front End Engineering and Design study on its BM-C-33 project offshore Brazil.