With an aim to expand its global peptide API capacity, Cordenpharma has plans to take over Ambiopharm, a U.S.-headquartered peptide API CDMO. Ambiopharm currently has two sites, one in in

With an aim to advance circular aromatics from plastic waste, Biobtx has selected Bluealp as the technology partner for its project in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The Biobtx project is expected to convert hard-to-recycle mixed plastic waste into high-value circular aromatics.

A 15-year loan has been secured by Eni from the European Investment Bank. The amount will be used to convert the Hydrocracker unit of Eni’s Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery in the Italian province of Pavia into a biorefinery.

With a hefty investment of 111 million euros, Neste has successfully commissioned its new upgrading facility for liquified waste plastic (LWP) at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. Claimed to be the world’s largest LWP upgrading facility, the plant is expected to process up to 150,000 tons of LPW annually.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2026’ from all over the world. Right from BASF inaugurating a 8.7 billion euro Verbund site in China to Fluor Corporation securing a contract for USA’s first new refinery, find out all the projects making headlines here.

According to experts, biogas could become a central building block of a post-fossil energy economy – provided the conditions are right. These conditions are political, of course, but also technological in nature. The good news: suitable pumps and macerators are already available.

With an aim to strengthen its leading global position in the vegetable seed market, BASF Agricultural Solutions has plans to invest 40 million euros for modernizing and expanding its seed processing facilities in Nunhem, Netherlands.

The use of Artificial Intelligence in the wastewater and water treatment industry is picking up pace due to the numerous advantages of this technology. Ahlam Rais connects with two major players from the sector to understand the benefits, challenges and how the AI technology is gradually transforming wastewater and water treatment plants.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing is entering a digital era. From AI and digital twins to supercomputers and quantum computing, these technologies are transforming drug discovery, clinical trials, and production. As Siemens’ Andrew Whytock explains, when data is clean, contextualized and usable, and combined with high performance computing, companies can solve more complex problems at speed and the result is better quality, greater flexibility and more reliable right first-time manufacturing.

Total Energies has entered into a Nuclear Production Allocation contract with the EDF Group for a period of 12 years. Under this agreement, EDF will allocate to Total Energies a share of the output of its operating nuclear fleet which will help Total Energies to cover around 60 % of the electricity needs of its refining and chemicals sites in France.