Under a definitive agreement, Chemours has plans to sell its Glycolic Acid business to Puretech Scientific. With this move, Puretech Scientific aims to become a global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries.

Just in time for its 75th anniversary, the Azo Group has significantly expanded its international presence. By taking over its previous representative partner Vedic Pac Systems in India, the company aims to strengthen its position on the Asian market.

Trafigura and CF Industries have announced that the Green Power Medium Gas Carrier which was loaded with ammonia and propane in separate tanks has completed a single voyage from the US to Europe.

Thyssenkrupp has bagged a feed contract for the carbon capture project Ifestos which is claimed to be one of the largest carbon capture projects in Europe. On completion, the project is expected to produce zero-carbon cement and concrete.

The K-System is the most extensive portfolio of interface modules for hazardous areas—combining process reliability, flexibility, and efficiency. The product family by Pepperl+Fuchs features a broad range of functions and certifications for worldwide use in all areas of the process industry.

Energyai, claimed to be the world’s first-of-its-kind agentic artificial intelligence solution for the energy sector, has successfully completed trial. The results of the trial delivered promising real-world results, including a 70 % improvement in accuracy in major seismic interpretation aspects and significant improvements in advanced reservoir monitoring and anomaly detection.

With a potential to reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by up to 80 %, depending on the feedstock used, sustainable aviation fuels have come under the spotlight. The aviation industry is a hard to abate sector and is currently exploring as well as incorporating sustainable aviation fuels into their airline operations in order to lower carbon emissions and ultimately achieve net zero emissions by 2050. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into this interesting space.

Amufert has awarded a Project Management Consultancy services contract to KBR for the development of its fertilizer plant in Soyo, Angola. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide project management services overseeing engineering, procurement, and construction phases.

Asahi Kasei has secured government support to expand its manufacturing capacity for cell frames and membranes of alkaline water electrolyzers for the production of green hydrogen at its plant site in Kawasaki, Japan.

Under a Joint Development Agreement, Sasol, Anglo American and De Beers will work together to generate feedstock for the production of renewable diesel in South Africa.