Under the terms of the agreement, Eni and Saipem will focus on the construction of new biorefineries, the conversion of traditional refineries into biorefineries and the development of new initiatives by Eni in the field of industrial transformation.

Lhyfe has secured a 149 million euro grant from the French Government for developing a green hydrogen production facility in France. Expected to reach a capacity of up to 34 tonnes per day, the project will receive an initial advance of 18 million euros by June 2025.

With an aim to support complex biologic therapies, Thermo Fisher Scientific has successfully expanded its manufacturing capacity in St. Louis, USA. With this move, the firm has added manufacturing suites that will contain up to four Thermo Scientific Dynadrive Single-Use Bioreactors each capable of processing up to 5,000 liters.

Mitsui Chemicals has begun developing the recycling technology which is required to produce high-purity phosphorus materials in Japan. With this move, the company aims to recover phosphoric acid from underused phosphorus resources and turn it into high-value-added products in the form of high-purity phosphorus materials for reuse in the manufacturing industry.

David Liras has been appointed as the new Chief Digital and Information Officer at Moeve. With this, the company’s Information and Digital Systems areas have been merged into a single team within the Technology, Projects, and Services Department.

Covestro has decided to establish an automated laboratory for developing coating and adhesive formulations. The new lab will test formulations with Covestro binders and crosslinkers and aims to run tens of thousands of tests annually.

Japanese energy company Eneos has partnered with Honeywell to begin basic engineering for what is set to be the first commercial-scale hydrogen supply chain in Japan based on MCH (methylcyclohexane). The project aims to facilitate hydrogen transport using Honeywell UOP’s dehydrogenation process, supporting production, storage, distribution, and material recycling within Eneos refineries.

Under a collaboration between Henkel and Celanese, both the firms will work together to produce water-based adhesives made from captured CO2 emissions. The move is expected to create new opportunities for customers in the packaging and consumer goods sector to increase the renewable content of their products.

Mantec Technical Ceramics, working in conjunction with fellow group company Xtract Filtration Systems, is capping off a highly encouraging Q1 with the signing of an order worth around 300,000 pounds with one of the world’s leading precious metals companies.

With the help of its proprietary C2-based Lima technology, Röhm has successfully started up production of next-generation MMA at its new Bay City plant in Texas, USA. The 250 kt plant boasts of a higher yield and significantly lowers CO2 emissions than traditional production routes.