Digitate and Tata Chemicals have joined hands for an AI-powered spend intelligence solution which is expected to power enterprise-grade procurement.

Chemours has announced the inauguration of its Battery Innovation Center in Newark, Delaware, USA. The Center supports the testing and scaling of next generation battery technologies to enable more sustainable, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and high-performing batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Saint-Gobain has acquired Interstar Materials in North America, Isoltech in Italy and Soquimic in Peru to strengthen its construction chemicals platform. Interstar Materials and Isoltech will offer key technologies that it will scale across the Group while Soquimic will enhance the firm’s footprint in Peru’s high growth market.

Qore, a joint venture firm of Cargill and Helm, has recently announced that it has successfully completed the development of a 300-million-dollar facility in Iowa, USA and is all set to start production of Qira, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol made from locally grown dent corn, at the plant.

Asahi Kasei has plans to supply its Aqualyzer-C3 containerized 1 MW-class alkaline-water electrolyzer to Central Finland Mobility Foundation’s hydrogen project in Finland. The full operation is expected to commence in the first half of 2026.

Ekato has introduced a revolutionary modular hydrogenation plant concept for API production. The solution combines maximum process flexibility, safety, and efficiency.

Almost every sector around the world right from the chemical industry to the aviation industry are looking to decarbonize their operations. New technologies and even sustainable alternatives are being explored for this purpose. Renewable methanol or sustainable methanol is just one of these many new solutions that aims to slash and even eliminate carbon emissions for these sectors.

Probably yes. Chemical recycling is a potential solution to recycle hard-to-recycle plastics, establish a circular economy and even reduce CO2 emissions. Although at a nascent stage, the technology shows great promise for the current plastics menace at hand.

With a mega investment of 50 billion dollars, Astrazeneca has plans to expand its presence in medicines manufacturing and R&D in the USA. The company intends to set up a new multi-billion-dollar manufacturing facility in the country which is expected to produce drug substances for the Company’s innovative weight management and metabolic portfolio.

The VTU Group and Silo AI have entered into a strategic partnership under which they aim to offer digitization and AI-based solutions for the process industries, particularly the life sciences and chemical industry.