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  I have done 2 phone consulting sessions for Fortune500 companies this week. The topics we discussed were Catalyst and Aroma chemicals and their market size, latest trends, Supply chain, and pricing in the global market. Wish you all a prosperous New year 2022.

  Five dead and at least 15 were injured by explosion and fire at Gujarat Fluorochemicals Five people were killed and at least 15 others injured during an explosion and subsequent fire at a fluorochemicals plant in the Panchmahal district of Gujarat, India, on 16 December, according to local news reports. The cause of the fatal blast, which was apparently heard several kilometers away, remains undetermined. Gujarat Fluorochemicals is owned by the Indian conglomerate Inox group. It produces products like fluoropolymers and refrigerants. An explosion and fire at RP industries in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, on 7 December killed one worker and hospitalized five others; while an incident fire in February at agrochemical maker UPL, also in Gujarat, killed two workers and injured more than two dozen others in February of this year. Source: Chemistry World

The Basque company Cikautxo, the Tecnalia technology center, and Técnicas Reunidas are leading the first entirely Spanish consortium to launch a truck powered by hydrogen and electricity, capable of carrying up to 40 tons. The project, called SHINEFLEET, is actively working on the decarbonization of road freight transport. For this, technological solutions, based on hydrogen, will be developed to promote intelligent and sustainable mobility of heavy transport fleets in order to replace diesel vehicles. The truck is expected to be in the testing period in 2023. The challenge is to make this vehicle profitable and weigh as little as possible so as not to reduce load capacity. This initiative will result in a hydrogen fuel cell for trucks, and a modular and compact generation system that combines renewable and blue hydrogen. The project is structured in three different areas: – The creation of a new intelligent system for the decentralized production of hydrogen with a low carbon footprin...

  Through their joint venture, TotalEnergies and Clean Energy are launching the construction of their first biomethane production unit, in Friona, Texas. The biomethane will be used as an alternative fuel for mobility, thus contributing to decarbonizing road transportation. In March 2021, the two partners set up a 50/50 joint venture to speed up the development of biomethane production in the United States. Located on the Del Rio Dairy farm, the facility will be fueled by the onsite supply of livestock manure to produce more than 40 GWh of biomethane per year. The fuel will be distributed by Clean Energy through its network of natural gas stations, enabling the supply of biomethane to between 200 and 300 trucks per year. By processing cow manure, a significant source of methane emissions, and substituting fossil fuels with renewable energies, the project will avoid some 45,000 tons of CO2e emissions per year. “We are pleased to consolidate our entry into the U.S. biomethane market...

Norwegian hydrogen storage specialist Hexagon Purus has signed a long-term agreement with a European bus manufacturer to supply hydrogen tanks for the customer’s next generation of 12- and 18-meter fuel cell buses. Hexagon Purus does not name the OEM. However, the Norwegians specify that it is an existing customer and that the supply contract has exclusive status. The hydrogen tanks destined for the bus manufacturer will be manufactured in the Hexagon Purus plant at its German subsidiary in Kassel. The deliveries are scheduled for the period from 2021 to 2024. The Norwegian company puts the value of the order at around 30 million euros, whereby this sum already includes some deliveries made in the current year. Specifically, storage systems are to be the subject of the contract, which will include the lightweight Type 4 cylinder from Hexagon Purus, which, according to the manufacturer, “enables a range of 350 kilometers”. Michael Kleschinski, Executive Vice President of Hexago...

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  Zoltek Companies, Inc., the global leader in industrial-grade carbon fiber, has announced it is expanding its carbon fiber production capacity again at the facility located in Guadalajara, Mexico. This 6,000 MT expansion in Mexico will start production in early 2023 and will add to the 6,000 MT expansion recently completed in 2021. By expanding operations again in Mexico, Zoltek will increase its North American carbon fiber capacity to 20,000MT.   Zoltek’s global carbon fiber production capacity will increase to 35,000MT, making it the largest carbon fiber supplier in the world. Zoltek continues its mission to commercialize carbon fiber and increase its position as the global leader in industrial-grade carbon fiber.  Zoltek has dedicated 100% of its global capacity to establish the standard for large-scale industrial applications such as wind energy and automotive. “Demand for our industrial-grade carbon fiber in energy and transportation applications continue...

BactiBlock will be present as an exhibitor at the Foam Expo Europe fair, which will take place from November 9 to 11 in Stuttgart. The BactiBlock team is looking forward to meeting with its current and potential clients again to continue launching new projects and discovering applications. Application in Various Sectors BactiBlock additives, in their two technologies (clay base and polyphosphate base), have demonstrated the durability of their antimicrobial properties in different polymers, which have been subjected to accelerated aging treatments by humidity and UV light. Among many other applications, BactiBlock antimicrobial additives can be applied in various types of polymeric foams, used in innumerable applications. Some of the sectors in which our current clients are applying their foams are the medical sector, the automotive sector, the furniture sector, the production of sports equipment, etc. Foam Expo Europe is the most important event in the foam industry in Europe...

  📢It's Story-Time!📢 Let's talk about a pioneer jet engine that used carbon fiber composites in 1969! During the mid-sixties, both aircraft and engine manufacturers were in the process of updating their products from those of the initial jet era. There were new large aircraft that needed more powerful and economical engines. Three engine manufacturers were looking at these new requirements. General Electric started with its TF-39 (developed into the CF-6), and Pratt and Whitney were developing their JT9D to address the USAF Very Large Transport competition requirements. Ironically, the JT9D and Boeing were the losing designs, however, out of these grew the 747 air-frame and engine combination. During research into a basic design for the long-term development of the company, Rolls-Royce determined that if they could develop a three spool engine then they would be able to match the air mass flow better to the compressors, provide superior fuel consumption and a much better path...