Air Liquide has started-up the world’s first industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot unit with a 30 tons per day ammonia to hydrogen conversion capacity at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, thus paving the way for new low-carbon supply chains.

With an aim to expand its business in India, Air Liquide has plans to acquire Novaair, a firm known for producing and supplying industrial gases in the country, from PAG, an Asia-focused private equity firm.

Johnson Matthey has been chosen by Guangdong Liquid Sunshine as a technology partner for its first commercial-scale project – a biomethanol plant. The project is expected to be developed in Tiandong County, Guangxi, China.

Matheson Tri-Gas has awarded a significant contract to Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group to develop an air separation unit in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new project is expected to produce oxygen, nitrogen, and argon in order to meet the increasing demand for liquid gases in the medical, fabrication, construction, and food processing industries across Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully conducted a demonstration of an integrated production process for synthesizing liquid fuels through an integrated process utilizing SOEC Co-Electrolysis and FT Synthesis.

Air Liquide has successfully issued a 2.15 billion euros multi-tranche bond to finance the strategic acquisition of DIG Airgas which is expected to be closed in the upcoming months. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its presence in the Republic of Korea and beyond in Asia.

Under a 20-year on-site gas supply agreement signed between Inoxap and Premier Energies, Inoxap will install and commission a cryogenic Air Separation Unit. The new unit is expected to supply 7000 nm3/h of gaseous nitrogen of 5N grade, 250 nm3/h of ultra-high purity gaseous oxygen of 6N grade, along with some additional liquid products to Premier Energies’ solar cell greenfield manufacturing facility in India.

Oko-tech has been developing wastewater treatment systems for industry and waste management for over 30 years. As an independent system provider, the company delivers efficient, compliant, and sustainable solutions for a wide range of wastewater streams and liquid waste.

Endress+Hauser has acquired Sopat, a Germany-based firm specializing in inline process measurement technology. Sopat and its subsidiary Parsum now come under Endress+Hauser’s liquid analysis product center, based in Gerlingen, Germany.

Air Products and Yara are in advanced talks to collaborate on low-emission ammonia projects in the U.S.A and Saudi Arabia with Yara’s world-scale ammonia network.