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ProFluid, LLC has opened a Global Innovation & Technology Center in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A., committing more than USD 3 million to the first phase of a site that the specialty chemical company will use as its main hub for research,

Syzygy Plasmonics has signed a framework agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, to support a pipeline of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects across Latin America. Under the agreement, IFC will

Hitachi Energy will invest USD 300 million in China to expand power transformer and component manufacturing, a move the company said would strengthen its global manufacturing footprint and address rapidly growing demand for transformers

HD Hyundai Oilbank has begun supplying South Korea’s first engine oil specifically developed for hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2-ICEs), positioning the refiner in the emerging market for hydrogen mobility lubricants. The company said on 11 August it had recently

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.’s planned purchase of TPC Holdings, Inc., a U.S. producer of chemicals derived from four-carbon (C4) hydrocarbons, will give the Japanese group the world’s third-largest butadiene production capacity. The Tokyo, Japan-based company announced on 7 August that it

Viva Energy Australia has turned pyrolysis oil made from soft plastics into recycled polypropylene at its Geelong refinery, and the resin has been used to make Nestlé KitKat wrappers, the company said. The milestone was marked at a launch event

Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE: CLH), the owner of Safety-Kleen and North America’s largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EnviroServe, a national provider of environmental and waste management services, from an affiliate

FatHopes Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOIL) to establish Vietnam’s first nationwide used cooking oil (UCO) collection ecosystem, the Malaysian waste-based feedstock supplier said on 13 August. The agreement is designed to turn used

Fuchs Lubricants Co., the U.S. arm of the world’s largest independent lubricant manufacturer, has secured Boeing BAC 5008 Sections 5-6 approval for Ecocool Global 1000, an advanced

The Lubrizol Corporation is expanding its Lubrizol Fluid Engineering (LFE) distribution network in Africa through a new partnership with Solevo Group, the company said on 11 August from its headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, U.S.A. The agreement will