The mega funding has been secured due to the rise in the demand for robotic solutions in heavy industries. The move will also help to scale deployments internationally, fuel the development of new capabilities, and strengthen Anybotics' position in the robotic inspection solutions market.

With Ralph Schweens, the current President of the global Operating Division at Care Chemicals retiring soon, the company has appointed Dr. Mary Kurian Senior, Vice President, Petrochemicals North America at BASF, to succeed him.

Inpex Corporation has selected BASF’s CO2 capture technology for its Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen, Ammonia Project. The project is claimed to be Japan’s first demonstration project for the production of blue hydrogen, ammonia from domestically produced natural gas.

Dr. Stephan Kothrade has been appointed as BASF’s latest board member. He will succeed Saori Dubourg who is leaving office and will take charge from March 1, 2023.

Today, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) facilities around the world have the capacity to capture more than 40 Mt CO2 each year, according to the International Energy Agency. This figure is set to increase as more countries form CCUS-friendly policies in order to establish these green projects with aim to decarbonize its industrial facilities.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of March 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Lyondell Basell starting up the world’s largest PO, TBA facility to Indian Oil developing a mega petrochemical complex, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The groundbreaking ceremony was hosted to celebrate the final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The project is expected to increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons annually to meet the growing demands of its MDI customers in the North American region.

Dr. Achim Sties has been chosen to lead BASF’s global plastic additives business in Singapore. Prior to this role, he was in-charge of handling the company’s plastic additives business in Europe.

Under an agreement signed between BTC Europe and India-based firm Sudarshan Chemical Industries, both the companies will work together for the distribution of organic and inorganic pigments as well as effect pigments in Europe.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2023’ from all over the world. Right from inaugurating one of the world’s largest plants for krypton, xenon production to developing the world's largest low-carbon hydrogen facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.