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AIDING CIRCULARITY Ms. Maria Persson Gulda, Chief Tech-
Origin Materials announces partnerships to commer- nology Offi cer, H2 Green Steel.

Separate to the supply of industrial
cialise PET caps and closures gases, Linde Engineering has been
awarded an engineering and procure-
Origin Materials, the US-based the two materials and also solves the ment contract for a Hipure pressure
‘carbon negative’ materials company, degradation topic at the same time.” swing adsorption unit at H2 Green
has announced separate partnerships Steel’s plant in Boden, to effi ciently
with two Swiss fi rms wherein Origin’s “At the end of the day, a PET clo- recover and purify hydrogen from the
manufacturing system is expected to sure is the right solution,” said IMD top gas of the direct reduction iron fur-
produce the “world’s fi rst” commercial- Chief Sales Offi cer (CSO), Mr. Martin nace. This minimises the hydrogen losses
scale polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Gerber. He said IMD has explored and boosts the overall effi ciency of the
caps and closures many approaches to manufacturing steel production.
PET caps over the years with customers
The partnering fi rms are PackSys and partners, but a running production Florida expansion tion capacity at Mims by 50%, follow- also supply Linde’s aerospace custo-
Global, a packaging machine producer ing not just beverage packaging better line making closures that meet market In another development, Linde ing a similar project in 2020 that dou- mers. “We have continued to invest in
for plastic closure slitting machines, and fully recyclable, but containers of requirements is something new. “IMD is said it has increased the capacity of its bled output. Linde’s latest investment our regional network density as demand
and IMDvista, a high-tech company nearly every kind,” he added. investing signifi cantly in support of production facility in Mims, Florida will help meet demand for oxygen, for industrial gases has increased, driven
specialising in the vision inspection of inspection and handling for PET caps, (USA), in response to growing demand nitrogen and argon from customers across in part by the burgeoning space launch
closures and other packaging compo- Mr. Ueli Kobel, Director of PackSys and we are aware that this investment will for industrial gases in the region. the healthcare, manufacturing, food sector and supported by a strong
nents. Global’s Slitting Division, explained, pay off very quickly,” Mr. Gerber added. processing and water treatment sectors regional economy,” said Mr. Todd Lawson,
“PET closures can be a game changer Linde said it has expanded produc- in Florida. The additional capacity will Vice President East Region, Linde.
“Our high-throughput production for closure recycling. Most beverage “IMD is an excellent partner for DOWNSTREAM PRESENCE
system is the fi rst of its kind, designed closures are today made from HDPE Origin as we build our fi rst production
to do something nothing else can: make and, while closure recycling rates are line. They are a global leader in high-speed Aramco in talks to acquire 10% stake in Hengli Petro-
PET caps and closures at commer- increasing, especially in Europe where testing systems. Their advanced camera
cial scale,” said Origin co-CEO and closure tethering will be mandatory systems inspect thousands of closures chemical
co-Founder, Mr. John Bissell. “Our sys- starting July 2024, a beverage con- per minute and give us the ability to
tem will allow us to bring the recycling, tainer remains a two-material solution. inspect billions of caps per year. We are Saudi oil giant, Aramco, has entered
sustainability, and performance benefi ts HDPE suffers from degradation when excited to partner with IMD and grateful into talks with China’s Hengli Group
of our PET cap and closure solution to re-used multiple times. Changing a for their contributions as we launch the Co. Ltd. (Hengli Group) regarding the
the world. We expect it will be the fi rst closure to the same grade of PET as in fi rst-ever PET cap and closure manu- potential acquisition of a 10% stake in
of many such production lines for mak- the container avoids the need to separate facturing system,” noted Mr. Bissell. its subsidiary, Hengli Petrochemical
Co. Ltd., subject to due diligence and
DECARBONISATION required regulatory clearances.
Linde to supply industrial gases to ‘world’s fi rst’ The companies have signed an

large-scale green steel plant initial MoU to explore a potential trans-
action, according to a statement from
the Saudi company. No fi nancial details
Industrial gases giant, Linde, has Boden, northern Sweden. Linde will and new customers in the local merchant or a timeline were provided. The 10%
signed a long-term agreement with supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon market. stake in Hengli, based in the Chinese
Sweden’s H2 Green Steel for the sup- to H2 Green Steel’s integrated plant, port city of Dalian, has a market value
ply of industrial gases to the ‘world’s which will use the latest technology to “We are moving at full speed on the of $1.5-bn based on its current share
fi rst’ large-scale green steel production reduce carbon emissions by up to 95% journey to accelerate the decarbonisation price.
plant. compared to traditional steelmaking. of the steel industry through the con- several plants and production facilities our global downstream footprint. We
struction of our plant in Boden. Air sepa- Hengli Petrochemical owns and in Jiangsu and Guangdong Provinces. continue to explore new opportunities
Linde will invest approximately Linde’s new ASU is expected to ration is an important part of this work, operates a 400,000 barrel per day Mr. Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, Aramco in important markets, as we seek to
$150-mn to build, own and operate start up by 2026 and will also supply providing gases required in various stages refi nery and integrated chemicals com- Downstream President, said, “This progress in our liquids-to-chemicals
an on-site air separation unit (ASU) in atmospheric gases to Linde’s existing of the steelmaking processes,” said. plex in Liaoning Province, China, and MoU supports our efforts to grow strategy.”

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