With an aim to meet the growing demand for EV batteries in Europe, Solvay has plans to further expand its PVDF capacity at its site in Tavaux, France. With this move, the site’s capacity will increase by 35 kilotons, thus creating the largest PVDF production site in Europe.

Total Energies and Veolia have signed an agreement to produce biomethane from Veolia waste and water treatment facilities operating in more than 15 countries.

Ineos Styrolution has begun ABS production after the conversion of an existing polystyrene line in Wingles, France. With a production capacity of 50,000 tons annually, the site is expected to support the increased demand for ABS in Europe.

Nola Oil Terminal has commenced phase one construction of an oil and refined products terminal project on the lower Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA which will help to accommodate larger vessels for the purpose of trading crude oil and clean petroleum products. The project will be the first of its kind in the region.

Emerson’s new Pacsystems Edge Solutions assist OEMs, systems integrators, and end users to speed up the configuration process and implement advanced edge computing, visualization and IIOT technology without wasting valuable time spent on integrating, developing and validating digital transformation projects.

Ineos has plans to develop a world scale carbon capture enabled hydrogen production plant in Grangemouth, Scotland. For this, the company is inviting bids from leading engineering design contractors for the design of the mega project. The produced low carbon hydrogen will be used to replace hydrocarbon fuels used at the Grangemouth site which will help to power its processes and manufacture important materials.

With an expected capacity of 1 billion lbs. per year, the new C3 splitter unit will be built in Baytown, Texas, USA. The unit will help convert a refinery grade mixture of propylene and propane into a high purity propylene product.

Evonik has unveiled its plans to develop the mega production plant for bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids in Slovakia by investing a significant three-digit million-dollar amount. The new plant is expected to come on stream in the next two years.

Yara has signed a contract with Linde Engineering for the construction and delivery of a green hydrogen demonstration plant at Yara’s ammonia production facility at Herøya Industripark in Porsgrunn, Norway.

Under the terms of the agreement, L&T and HydrogenPro will set up a joint venture in India to carry out gigawatt-scale production of alkaline water electrolyzers based on HydrogenPro’s technology for the Indian market and other global markets. The move is in line with the country’s aim to become one of the world’s largest green hydrogen hubs.