Albert Baehny, the current Chairman of Lonza has decided not to stand for re-election at the soon to be held AGM in May. In this scenario, the Board has proposed Jean-Marc Huët to become the new Chairman of the Board.

Shenghong Refining & Chemical’s crude to para-xylene complex has successfully started up a 3.2 MMTPA ebullated-bed residue hydrocracking unit, a 3.5 MMTPA distillates hydrocracking unit and a naphtha hydrotreating unit in China. All the units have been designed by Axens.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde has been chosen by Saipem for licensing, process design package and for supplying the main equipment for its urea project in Australia. For the project, Thyssenkrupp Uhde will make use of its proprietary UFT fluid-bed urea granulation technology.

Given the substances used, the complexity of the processes and the potential risks to people and the environment, process reliability plays a more important role in the chemical industry than it does in perhaps any other industry. The consequences of failures, leaks and equipment damage can have far-reaching consequences. Generally speaking: The greater the impact of a fault-related failure, the more important it is to use reliable, verifiable components. This is essential, particularly in the field of pump technology.

Plug Power has begun the production of liquid green hydrogen at its Georgia plant in the USA. The company claims that this is the largest electrolytic liquid hydrogen production plant and largest PEM electrolyzer deployment operating in the U.S.

With the acquisition of a stake in Tiamat, a start-up which has been designing, developing, industrializing and marketing sodium-ion batteries, Arkema has plans to accelerate the development of next generation batteries. With this, the firm aims to be a key player in the battery materials segment.

Maire has recently entered into an agreement to acquire 80 % of Hydep and 100 % of Dragoni Group, both are well-known engineering services companies in the mechanical and electrochemical sectors.

How long does it take for something groundbreaking to become business-as-usual? At what point do those nice-to-haves become the norm? How exactly does it happen? And, perhaps most importantly of all, how do you keep progressing after what was once exceptional becomes the default? The promise of a ‘sustainable future’ creates many questions – questions that can only be answered with collaboration.

Pfeiffer Vacuum has launched Speedair 3050, an all-in-one solution for nonporous pharmaceutical containers. The solution offers a comprehensive global non-destructive testing approach for containers.

Under a black mass purchase agreement signed between both the parties, BASF and Stena Recycling will work together to develop improved black mass production processes in order to achieve high recovery rates for metals to support closed loop solutions for the European electric vehicle battery market.