KBR and Terrestrial Energy will jointly investigate the application of zero-emission thermal energy for hydrogen and ammonia production by analyzing the use of Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) nuclear cogeneration technology.

A binding offer has been made by Agrofert to acquire Borealis’ nitrogen business as it will help the company’s existing business in Europe. With this move, Borealis will initiate mandatory information as well as consultation procedures with employee representatives.

With a mega investment of 7-million-dollars, Borealis has developed a new filtration system with assistance from the Technische Universität Wien and the Graz University of Technology. The system boasts of reducing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment in order to meet the goal of zero pellet loss.

Repsol has plans to develop the first plant in the Iberian Peninsula which has the capability to produce ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene also known as a super polymer. The new plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 15,000 tons.

The global industrial wearables market is projected to grow from 1.1 billion dollars in 2019 to 8.6 billion dollars by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 50.2 %. Many firms have developed smart solutions but are there any wearables specifically for the chemical and oil & gas industries? PROCESS Worldwide finds out…

Plug Power has plans to build a 100 MW green hydrogen plant at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. On completion, the unit is expected to produce up to 12,500 tons per year of liquid and gaseous green hydrogen for the European market.

Emerson has recently introduced its Aventics Series Advanced Valve Systems with OPC UA. The digital twin solution has the ability to enhance productivity and efficiency as well as solve interoperability challenges.

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has regularly hit the headlines: in 2016, it beats Grandmaster Lee Sedol in playing Go, and in 2018, the auction house Christie's auctioned off the first artwork created by artificial intelligence, "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy", for over 400,000 dollars. And today the AI-based text generator GPT-3 from the research laboratory Open AI, co-founded by Elon Musk, is said to flood the web with fake news through machine-generated posts but what about industrial applications of artificial intelligence? What are the opportunities and challenges of AI in the process industry?

To understand the challenges that the pharmaceutical industry faces during Covid-19, open-ended interviews were conducted with top pharmaceutical companies around Europe. The methodology followed was in relation to the general topic: Covid-19 and digital transformation. This paper summarises the main highlights, together with the future vision.

Axens and Toray Films Europe have plans to establish a new Pet chemical recycling facility in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost, France. The new units will make use of Axens’ Rewind Pet technology along with Toray Films Europe’s existing polymerization plant to recycle 80,000 tons of Pet plastic waste every year.