In the background of rising demand of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, Lotte Chemical and Sasol Chemicals have plans to explore a joint project to develop an electrolyte solvents production plant. Sasol’s site near Lake Charles in the U.S. and Marl in Germany are being considered for the project.

With CSPE 2.0 Optima Pharma will present at this year’s Achema, its successful concept for implementing complex turnkey projects consisting of a filling and capping line, isolator and freeze dryer to achieve safe production starts in less time.

The new free trade zone RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) means new growth, but also more competition in the Asian chemical industry, especially for small and medium-sized companies.

Toray and LG Chem have plans to establish a joint venture – LG Toray Hungary Battery Separator for the manufacture and sales of battery separator film which are used in automotive lithium-ion batteries. For this, LG Chem will invest 375 million dollars in Toray Industries Hungary, a 100 % subsidiary of Toray which will then establish the joint venture.

Topsoe has set an ambitious plan to reduce its customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million tons this year and intends to continue working in the same direction for the coming years. The reductions will mainly come from Topsoe’s renewable fuels business.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Southeast Asia’s first green e-methanol plant to the world’s largest green hydrogen hub in the USA, find out all the projects making headlines here.

World Energy’s Southern California SAF facility will be expanded to develop the world’s first commercial scale and North America’s only SAF production facility. With this project, World Energy aims to decarbonize the aviation industry.

At Achema 2022, Smap3D Plant Design, together with selected machine manufacturers and CAD system houses, will present an end-to-end solution for piping design and fabrication.

The process industries must establish efficient and circular processes that do not require fossil raw materials and energy. But what does that mean for the careful use of water as a resource? We talked about this with Dr. Thomas Track, Head of Dechema’s Water Management Department.

Mining and battery chemicals manufacturer Keliber has completed a four-phase pilot-scale test programme and verified the behaviour of the ore from the company's largest deposit, Rapasaari, at all stages of the production process.