Freudenberg Medical has expanded its biopharma product portfolio to include custom single-use assemblies which combine Freudenberg’s expertise in silicone extrusion and molding.

USA Bioenergy has acquired 1,600+ acres of land in East Texas, USA for its new 2.8-billion-dollar sustainable aviation fuel refinery. The advanced biorefinery has already secured a 20-year offtake agreement with Southwest Airlines.

Metso has introduced HPGR Sense, a stand-alone system that can be used for optimizing grinding efficiency through accurate monitoring of its HRCe high-pressure grinding rolls.

Air Products has plans to develop two new air separation units (ASUs) at its existing Conyers, Georgia and Reidsville, North Carolina locations in the USA. Both the new ASUs will replace older units and provide additional capacity at the above-mentioned locations.

Adnoc’s XRG has secured a 91 % stake in Covestro at the end of the additional acceptance period. With this deal, XRG aims to work towards its goal of becoming a top five global chemicals player.

Covestro has invested a low triple-digit million Euro amount to expand its Hebron site in Ohio, USA. With this, the company will increase its capacity in the Solutions & Specialties business for the American market.

Edgecom Energy is claimed to be the first in the market to make use of a generative AI copilot to help industrial and commercial users manage and reduce peaks in their power demand. ABB has made a minority investment in Edgecom through ABB Electrification Ventures.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Adnoc deploying AI-based process optimization technology at a unit to developing the world's largest carbon negative ultra-green hydrogen plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

A recent Pharmapack report has ranked the Basel region in Switzerland as the most attractive destination in Europe for launching a new drug device company. Pharmapack Europe – the continent’s largest partnering event for medical device and packaging innovation is scheduled to take place from January 22-23, 2025 at the Paris Expo in France.

Fluor’s Mining & Metals business along with Hatch have been selected to carry out engineering, procurement and construction management services for BHP’s proposed Olympic Dam Smelter & Refinery Expansion Project in South Australia.