A study by Cowi and the nova-Institute has been completed for the European Commission. Supported by the University of Utrecht, the study aims at exploring the role and potential of renewable carbon in the economy towards mitigating climate change.

A new study reveals that the absence of outside professional management has impacted India's businesses and the country's economy. It further mentions that the lack of managerial delegation is one of the core factors why businesses in India tend to stay small.

In line with India’s BS-VI emission standards and an aim to increase crude oil conversion, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd has chosen UOP’s Unionfining technology for producing cleaner-burning diesel fuels. The technology will be implemented at the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP) located in Assam.

Napcon, developed by Neste Engineering Solutions, introduces Napcon Advisor, a third generation Machine-Learning based solution for crude column on-line yield optimization.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the top 5 plant engineering projects of last week from all over the world. Right from the construction of world scale plants to facility expansion projects, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The pharmaceutical industry is facing enormous challenges. In an exclusive video interview with PROCESS Worldwide, Fabriano Ferrini, Product Manager for Tablet Presses at Ima Active, shares the hurdles faced by suppliers of tablet presses in the pharma sector as well as informs us about the company’s Domina online event which will introduce a new configurable platform for tablet manufacturing.

The Adani Group will be developing a new coal-to-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Mundra, Gujarat, India. The 2 million metric tons/year unit is expected to produce PVC grades such as suspension PVC, chlorinated PVC and emulsion PVC.

BASF and RWE have signed a letter of intent which focuses on a climate-neutral chemical industry and CO2-free hydrogen. Together, they have come up with a project idea which includes the construction of an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 GW to produce green electricity and supply it to BASF’s Ludwigshafen chemical site in Germany for hydrogen production.

Lonza has plans to make the mega investment in order to build two new mammalian facilities in Visp (CH) and Portsmouth (US). The large-scale facility in Visp (CH) is expected to expand capacity by six 20,000L bioreactors which aims to meet the growing market demand for biologics. The small-scale facility planned in Portsmouth (US) will have a capacity of up to eight 2,000L bioreactors.

With an aim to advance the circular economy, Lyondell Basell has started producing virgin quality polymers from raw materials derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling site in Germany.