DIC Corporation has developed a new production facility for coatings suitable for direct food contact materials on the site of DIC Graphics’ plant in Jakarta, Indonesia. With an annual production target of 1,000 tonnes by fiscal year 2030 for markets in Asian countries, the facility is expected to meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging.

MOL Group has successfully completed another SAF and HVO production test at the Rijeka Refinery in Croatia. The pilot project was implemented in cooperation with Chevron Lummus Global with the aim of testing the co-processing of 5 % Pome with fossil feedstocks.

Pushing heavy containers and manually supplying materials are things of the past at Bayer—at least in the new tablet production facility, Solida 1. Here, intralogistics work fully automatically. This is made possible by a unique software solution that orchestrates the robotic systems for material flow.

Located in Mebane, North Carolina, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new manufacturing center of excellence facility is capable of producing at least 40 million laboratory pipette tips per week. This move will help to ensure that life-saving medicines and therapies continue to be developed and produced in the U.S. for a long time.

When it comes to perfect surfaces and intelligent composites of boards and strips, IPCO’s systems are always a good choice. These systems also gain points from an ecological standpoint if they process recycled materials, bio-based materials, or other sustainable products.

Aramco has completed the acquisition of a 50 % equity interest in Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company. With this move, Air Products Qudra and Aramco will aim to accelerate industrial carbon reduction and support the growth of the hydrogen economy.

Maybe not but what if the packaging of your food items is completely edible and nutritious? As the demand for single-use plastics is dwindling across the globe, the demand for eco-friendly and sustainable packaging is on the rise and this market trend has led to the emergence of edible food and beverage packaging. In fact, numerous start-ups as well as some of the biggest names in the food industry are not only exploring but also developing various edible food and beverage packaging options for different kinds of consumable items.

Saint-Gobain has acquired Interstar Materials in North America, Isoltech in Italy and Soquimic in Peru to strengthen its construction chemicals platform. Interstar Materials and Isoltech will offer key technologies that it will scale across the Group while Soquimic will enhance the firm’s footprint in Peru’s high growth market.

Saudi Arabia’s first CO2 Direct Air Capture test unit is a pilot plant developed in collaboration with Siemens Energy and is capable of removing 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere.

Vega introduced its Basic series of Vegapuls radar sensors in 2020. The sensors are compact, technologically superior and the 500,000th Basic radar sensor was recently delivered to a European company specializing in sustainable building materials.