Metso has plans to acquire Jindex, an Australian company specializing in valves and process flow control. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its slurry handling offering.

Merck has recently closed the transaction to acquire Mirus Bio for approximately 600 million dollars. With this deal, Merck intends to boost its viral vector bioprocessing offering.

Schenck Process Food and Performance Materials has officially changed its name to Coperion. The move follows the acquisition of the group of companies by Hillenbrand, the parent company of Coperion.

Lanxess has gone ahead and continued with the production of chromium oxide pigments at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany. With this, the company has discontinued its original plans to sell the business.

These are the birth pangs of a new economy: the increasing demand for chemical products is bringing growth to the industry, which at the same time has to cope with the necessary transformation towards climate neutrality. For chemical plant construction, both of these factors mean a lot of work in the coming years - in addition to enormous challenges, huge opportunities await.

Nextchem will make use of its Conser Man proprietary technology with an aim to boost efficiency of maleic anhydride production at the existing plant in North America.

The consortium including Petronas, Enilive and Euglena have reached a final investment decision to develop a biorefinery within Petronas’ Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor, Malaysia. Together, the three firms intend to establish a joint venture company to construct and operate the biorefinery.

BP has successfully completed the acquisition of Getec Energie. With this move, BP aims to accelerate the growth of its European gas and power presence, as well as provide opportunities to grow integrated lower carbon energy solutions for C&I energy customers in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

Cepsa Química has developed the first renewable energy traceability system for the manufacture of chemical products. This has also been validated by Aenor, the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification.

Cemvita has surpassed its 2029 goal of producing up to 500 barrels per day of sustainable oil from its first commercial plant by quadrupling its planned output. The firm has unlocked new efficient technologies that make this possible.