Under the terms of the contract, Lanxess will acquire Emerald Kalama Chemical which achieved sales of 425 million dollars and an Ebitda of 90 million dollars last year. With this move, the Germany-based company aims to strengthen its Consumer Protection segment.

Air Liquide has secured a contract by Asda, one of the leading retailers in the UK for the installation and operation of six biomethane distribution stations which will be useful for refuelling trucks.

Gevo’s new ‘Net-Zero’ projects aim to use renewable energy for producing energy dense liquid hydrocarbons. The company’s first project ‘Net-Zero 1’ will be built in South Dakota, USA and is expected to have a capacity of 45 million gallons per year of hydrocarbons.

Babcock & Wilcox’s B&W Environmental business has secured the mega contract for designing, supplying and installing a Spig air-cooled condenser for a waste-to-energy plant in the UK. The cooling system will be responsible for increasing efficiency and reducing emissions.

There are many ways that portable gas detectors for personal use can deliver individual protection for key staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection points out how gas detectors are best used during the pandemic.

Celanese intends to construct a world class Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) plant in China to support its Vectra and Zenite LCP product lines. This major investment is expected to support approximately 20 kilotons of LCP production every year.

Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will build, own and operate numerous onsite gas production facilities including an air separation unit in China in order to meet Binhua’s oxygen and nitrogen demand. With this, Air Products will support Binhua’s flagship chemical project situated in Shandong Province, China.

Lanxess is extending its portfolio of products in the consumer care segment to include the new Lewatit PH 1074 HEP. In addition to the decolorization of fermentation broths and sugar, it is particularly suited to the purification and intermediate storage of heparin.

In India, Dow and Lucro Plastecycle have entered into a MOU to develop post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PE) film solutions. The move is expected to develop the circular economy in the country and also expand Dow’s plastics circularity portfolio in the Asia Pacific region.

The mega project will be carried out at IOCL’s Koyali refinery in Gujarat, India. With this project, the oil giant aims to capture over 250-500 thousand tons of CO₂ in a year initially and use the CO₂ for cost-effectively enhancing oil production from its oil fields.