Sunfire’s high-temperature electrolysis technology enables the production of renewable hydrogen and direct conversion of water as well as CO2 into raw material for petrochemical products. Neste intends to use this technology for its new business platform – Power-to-X.

The new facility aims to supply methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide to Evonik’s world-scale methionine complex in Singapore. Equipped with Linde's advanced technologies, the plant enables to increase plant efficiency, reliability and environmental sustainability.

With a capacity of 45 ktpa, the new facility is expected to monetise Sibur’s own feedstock, enhance the hydrocarbon processing rate in the country and also export its Man to Western as well as Eastern Europe.

The maiden commercial use of Clariant’s new catalyst – Reformax 330 LDP Plus has been carried out at OCI Nitrogen’s ammonia production facility in the Netherlands. The incorporation of the catalyst has boosted the plant’s energy and production efficiency.

The ABB Ability Condition Monitoring for measurement devices is an innovative, digital solution that will keep continuous gas analyzers under control to ensure clean air operations. The ground-breaking, first-to-market solution will be launched at Hannover Messe in April 2020.

Sumitomo Chemical is constructing a new plant in Japan which will produce 1,3-diisopropanolbenzene and supply it to Nouryon as it’s a vital raw material for the production of the company’s Perkadox 14 organic peroxide.

The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer fell 2.6 per cent in March on a three-month moving average basis following a downwardly revised 0.1 per cent gain in February, states ACC.

With the acquisition of the US subsidiary of the Danish pharmaceutical group Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Asahi Kasei has secured a strong business platform in the US pharmaceutical industry.

To combat the Coronavirus pandemic, Total Corbion has donated 5 tonnes of Luminy PLA resins to Smart Materials 3D in order to manufacture 125,000 face masks. The innovative 3D printed masks will be distributed across all healthcare facilities in Spain.

Toray’s German subsidiary Greenerity will be constructing its second facility in Bavaria, Germany. The new plant will be used to develop key components for hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolyzers.