The companies Evonik, Adare, Solvay, PPG, Icheme, Syngenta and Romaco have made new appointments to senior positions. PROCESS summarizes the latest management decisions for you.

The Maag Group will be showcasing its solutions at the virtual Achema Pulse event scheduled to be held on June 15 and 16, 2021.

Under the Circular Plastics Fund, Dow, Lyondell Basell, and Nova Chemicals have teamed up to accelerate investment in plastics recycling infrastructure. The Fund invites businesses across the plastics value chain to join in advancing the recovery and recycling of plastics in the U.S. and Canada.

Air Products has acquired the remaining 50% stake in its gasification technology joint venture from China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. The move is expected to further strengthen the company’s gasification technology portfolio in China.

Chevron Phillips Chemical’s new world-scale unit has broken ground in Old Ocean, Texas, USA. The 266 KTA plant will make use of the company’s proprietary on-purpose 1-hexene technology to produce exceptional purity comonomer grade 1-hexene from ethylene in order to expand its alpha olefins business.

Total Energies and Novatek have signed a MOU for reducing CO₂ emission resulting from the production of LNG. The companies will also work together to develop large-scale carbon capture and storage solutions and explore new opportunities for developing decarbonized hydrogen and ammonia.

With an aim to accelerate its electrolysis business, Haldor Topsoe has established a new organization which will focus exclusively on green hydrogen. Chokri Mousaoui has been appointed as Executive Vice President and head of the organization.

Due to the urgently needed capacities for vaccines, engineering companies and OEMs must react fast to increasing demand for aseptic filling lines. These lines are not only required for Covid-vaccines but also to fill the capacity gaps for other important pharmaceuticals and disrupted supply chains.

Green hydrogen is surely essential to a future zero-carbon energy system. Here you can find interesting statistics.

Everything metallic corrodes. The oil and gas industry spends approximately 1.14 billion euros (1.37 billion dollars) a year trying to prevent the damage this causes. How to reduce the costs of corrosion by using environmentally benign corrosion inhibitor products? Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere, Clariant's Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management for Business Unit Oil and Mining Services, has won the 2021 NACE Fellow Honor from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP).