With the acquisition of the Italy-based firms, the Ima Group has plans to strengthen its presence in the pharma and consumer goods sectors.

With the expansion, a new production line dedicated to waterborne decorative and functional coatings for consumer electronics, as well as state-of-the-art testing equipment and automated spray booths will be added to the project.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as well as Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is picking up steam and can be considered as revolutionary solutions that can help hard-to-abate industries to reduce their carbon emissions in the short-to-long term. Both CCS and CCU will play a vital role for these industries as they prepare to reach their goals of meeting net zero emissions by 2050.

Air Liquide has plans to develop a new industrial gas production facility in Idaho, USA. The unit is expected to produce large volumes of ultra-pure nitrogen and other gases for Micron Technology as well as for other customers in the region.

Neste has plans to expand its chemical recycling logistics infrastructure at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The move will support the company’s aim to advance chemical recycling and transform the Porvoo refinery into a renewable and circular solutions hub.

Heirloom has plans to build two Direct Air Capture facilities in Louisiana, USA. The projects aim at eliminating nearly 320,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Cepsa beginning construction of Spain’s first isopropyl alcohol plant to H2Site developing an ammonia cracker to produce fuel cell-grade hydrogen, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director at Nova-Institute shares his views on replacing fossil-based naphtha with alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers. He also elaborates on the advantages and challenges of incorporating alternative naphtha in existing refineries and crackers.

Topsoe’s Hydroflex technology has been selected by Holborn for producing SAF and renewable diesel at its Hamburg renewable fuels refinery in Germany. The complex is expected to be operational in early 2027 and aims to produce 220,000 tons of renewable diesel and SAF per year.

Under a 15-year agreement signed between Air Products and Total Energies, Air Products will supply 70,000 tons of green hydrogen annually to Total Energies’ refineries in Europe from 2030.