Celanese has collaborated with Cloverdale Paint to produce sustainable paint solutions with the help of its carbon capture and utilization technology. This move is expected to promote a circular economy as well as reduce carbon emissions.

Fail-safe functionalities are essential in automation. To meet these requirements in a virtual environment, Siemens has introduced the Simatic S7-1500V F, a fail-safe version of the virtual PLC (vPLC). This enables the execution of fail-safe applications on a vPLC in an industrial edge environment. This allows for the migration of fault-tolerant applications into the virtual world, contributing to the protection of machine operators without the need for dedicated hardware.

Claimed to be the first green hydrogen production site in northern France, Lhyfe has plans to develop the site in Croixrault, in the Somme region of Hauts-de-France. The site, which will be able to produce and deliver up to two tonnes of green and renewable hydrogen per day, is one of the five Lhyfe sites in operation or under construction in France.

SK Energy will begin commercial operations for sustainable aviation fuels at its new facility in South Korea next month. The facility will make use of the advanced co-processing technology as well as bio-feedstocks such as used cooking oil and animal fat to produce SAF and other low-carbon products.

Dupont has provided an update on the separation plans of its Electronics business. The company is targeting November 1, 2025 to complete the transaction and also intends to retain its water business.

Neste, KPI Oceanconnect and Global Energy have partnered together to deliver renewable diesel to the marine sector in Singapore for the first time. This marks an important milestone for the marine sector to utilize more sustainable alternatives in their operations.

Solvay has recently inaugurated a regenerative thermal oxidation process at its Green River, Wyoming plant in the USA. The process is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the plant by up to 20 % annually and support a 4 % reduction in emissions at the Group level by 2025.

PRPC Utilities and Facilities has awarded an EPCC contract to Toyo-Malaysia for developing Outside Battery Limit facilities within the Pengerang Integrated Complex in Malaysia. These units are expected to support the SAF production facility which is currently being built in the complex.

Pengerang Biorefinery, a joint venture between Petronas Mobility Lestari, Enilive, and Euglena, has awarded KT-Kinetics Technology with licensing as well as engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services for a hydrogen production unit in Johor, Malaysia.

Lyten has plans to invest more than 1 billion dollars to develop the world’s first Lithium-Sulfur battery Gigafactory in Nevada, USA. The facility is expected to produce up to 10 GWh of batteries annually at full scale.