Industrial News

  1. Leaf-Inspired Design Brings Bioplastics To The Big Leagues 7/28/2025

    Society has long struggled with petroleum-derived plastic pollution, and awareness of microplastics’ detrimental effects on food and water supplies adds further pressure.

  2. New Membrane Turns Oxygen Into Powerful Wastewater Cleanser 7/24/2025

    A team at Hong Kong Baptist University, led by Professor Jun Zhao, has created a catalytic membrane that could transform water purification by targeting persistent phenolic pollutants—toxic compounds from industrial and agricultural sources that resist breakdown and accumulate in organisms.

  3. Veolia Acquires Chameleon Industries To Expand Its North America Circular Economy Solutions For The Semiconductor Industry 7/24/2025

    Veolia, a leading integrated provider of environmental services in the U.S., today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Chameleon Industries, a Texas-based producer of specialty chemicals.

  4. Drexel To Lead $5M Multinational Effort To Produce MXene Materials For Water Desalination And Medical Diagnostics 7/23/2025

    Drexel University is embarking on a three-year, $5-M multinational collaboration to produce MXene nanomaterials.

  5. ZwitterCo Expands Portfolio Of The Industry's Most Fouling-Resistant Membranes With Elevation, Evolution, And Expedition 7/23/2025

    ZwitterCo, a global leader in advanced membranes for challenging separations, has unveiled three distinct product families—Evolution, Elevation, and Expedition—designed to address the most pressing filtration needs across food processing, water reuse, and hard-to-treat industrial wastewater.

  6. Lantania Will Build A 600,000m3/Day Desalination Plant In Saudi Arabia 7/23/2025

    Lantania, in consortium with Mutlaq Al-Ghowairi Contracting Company (MGC), will build for the Saudi Water Authority (SWA), Jubail reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, with a capacity of 600,000m3/day.

  7. Wastewater Treatment Plant For Ellatzite-Med Mining Complex In Operation 7/23/2025

    In mid-July, 72-hour tests and commissioning of the newly built modular treatment plant for mining wastewater at the Ellatzite-Med mining complex were successfully completed.

  8. Texas-Based SIMFLO Expands Operations To Latin America 7/22/2025

    Lubbock, Texas-based SIMFLO, one of the nation's top providers of industrial, municipal, and commercial and agricultural-use vertical and submersible turbine pumps, has announced its expansion into the Latin American market with the appointment of Leo Villanueva as Sales Manager for Latin America, Mining, and Oil & Gas.

  9. U Engineers Develop Novel Material That Efficiently Removes 'Forever Chemicals' 7/22/2025

    University of Utah researchers have developed a material that addresses an urgent environmental challenges: the efficient removal and real-time detection of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic and persistent member of the PFAS “forever chemicals” family, from contaminated water.

  10. Jacobs Reinforces Historic Water Operations And Maintenance Presence In Western US 7/22/2025

    Jacobs (NYSE: J) has secured multiple contract wins and renewals for operations and maintenance (O&M) services, reinforcing its roots in the Northwest U.S. and growth in the wider water and wastewater utility O&M industry in the Western U.S.