ACG has plans to invest 200 million dollars in the USA under which 100 million dollars will be used to develop its first hard-shell capsule facility in Atlanta and another 100 million dollars will be used to expand its capacity and capabilities in the region.

Air Liquide has successfully issued a new 500 million euros green bond in line with its strategic plan Advance. The Group intends to use the proceeds from the issuance to finance or refinance flagship energy transition projects, in particular in the field of low-carbon hydrogen and air gases.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for dispersions in Türkiye, the Middle East, and Northwest Africa, BASF has expanded the production capacity for dispersions for the architectural coatings and construction industries at its Dilovası plant in Türkiye.

Schütz presented Ecobulk SX-D-Ov, a new variant of its double-wall IBC system at Fachpack 2025. This model combines maximum fire and leakage protection with the possibility of practical product discharge from below – another step towards complying with the increasing demands on safety and efficiency in sensitive supply chains.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Ineratec launching Europe’s largest e-fuel production plant in Germany to Latin America’s largest wastewater treatment project beginning operations, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Johnson Matthey and Honeywell technologies have been chosen by USA Bioenergy for its new SAF facility in Texas, USA. With the help of these technologies, the plant aims to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that it has achieved the target performance of over 99.5 vol % ethanol purity, which meets domestic fuel standards, at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the Nagasaki District Research & Innovation Center in Japan.

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.

Highly active ingredients (APIs/HAPIs) characterise modern drug production – and place high demands on containment. This article explains how OEL limits and OEB classes influence and control containment technologies and what technical solutions exist for closed transfer systems. Focus: active-passive valves for vacuum dryers that meet OEB 4/5 standards.

Handling powders, particles, and pellets has never been easy. But now, additional factors such as a weakening economy and hesitant investment are making the situation even more difficult for many companies. However, it is precisely this knowledge of how to handle raw materials that also offers new opportunities.