The search engine and market intelligence platform chembid starts the year with a new strategic partner. Evonik Venture Capital has joined as a new shareholder. The investment is intended to support the development of an independent marketing platform for the chemical industry.

Jiangsu Jiatong Energy has entered into an agreement with Invista Performance Technologies (IPT) to license Invista’s latest P8 PTA technology for its dual PTA lines in China. The expected start-up date for the first line of the Jiatong project is Q4 2022. Vortext

Located in Norway, the Herøya Industrial Park has been selected as the site for Elkem’s ‘Northern Recharge’ project which aims at supplying greener batteries with lower CO2 emissions to the rising battery industry in the region.

Aerzen’s extensive Delta Hybrid rotary lobe compressor series has been further developed, optimised and supplemented by three sizes.

Nestlé Health Science has plans to acquire IM Healthscience’s (IMH) business along with its brands –Ibgard, Fdgard, Fiber Choice and Remfresh. The brands focus on dietary management of specific digestive problems and regulating sleep.

The large-scale sustainable project aims to create a hydrogen and sustainable fuel unit founded on the concept of electrolysis. Expected to be complete in three stages, the electrolysis plant once completed will offer a capacity of 1.3 GW.

Under the terms of the agreement, Air Liquide will design, build, own, and operate a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) to increase steel production at NLMK’s Lipetsk site in Russia. The new unit is expected to produce 1,000 tonnes of oxygen per day.

A project will be developed by Repsol and Acteco to increase the production capacity of recycled polyolefins at Acteco’s facility in Spain. The move is in line with Repsol’s objective of becoming a net zero emissions company by 2050.

Air Liquide has entered into an agreement with Steel Dynamics. Under the terms of the contract, Air Liquide will build a new Air Separation Unit in Texas and supply industrial gases to Steel Dynamics.

Aerzen develops its portfolio in the field of assembly control and counts on the advantages of digitalisation. With the newly developed Aertronic, the company has now succeeded in extending the functional spectrum of its predecessor by digital applications.