The four Covestro sites that are now running completely on renewable energy are all based in the USA and include the sites of Channelview, Texas; South Deerfield, Massachusetts; New Martinsville, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Pepperl+Fuchs Group has introduced Tab-Ex 05, a new tablet which offers 5G support. Designed for use in hazardous areas, the tablet is capable of meeting the high demands of digitalized process chains in IOT and Industry 4.0 scenarios.

Metso recently opened a digital design and development studio in Poland. This new studio will focus on software development, design, data, UX design and AI, thus meeting customer demands for advanced digital solutions.

Covestro has invested a low triple-digit million Euro amount to expand its Hebron site in Ohio, USA. With this, the company will increase its capacity in the Solutions & Specialties business for the American market.

Edgecom Energy is claimed to be the first in the market to make use of a generative AI copilot to help industrial and commercial users manage and reduce peaks in their power demand. ABB has made a minority investment in Edgecom through ABB Electrification Ventures.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Piller partnering with GIG Karasek for the world’s most powerful heat pump system to Indian Oil Corporation developing a mega petrochemical complex at Paradip, India, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Kemira has plans to move to three externally reported business units: Water Solutions, Packaging & Hygiene Solutions and Fiber Essentials. With an aim to further strengthen its operational backbone, the company has established a centralized Operations unit which includes Kemira’s manufacturing network, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.

At the 2024 European Responsible Care Awards, Cefic has gone on to recognize 23 initiatives for advancing Antwerp declaration ambitions. The awarded initiatives reflect the chemical industry’s important role in strengthening Europe’s industrial base while addressing key priorities.

Gevo has taken over Cultivate Agricultural Intelligence with an aim to combine Cultivate AI’s digital agriculture data and analytics platform with Verity’s carbon accounting and tracking solutions. This move will help Verity to provide the highest quality data-driven solutions for carbon abatement in food, feed, fuels, and industrial markets.

With an aim to strengthen Nextchem’s funding power to support investments in technological innovation and R&D, the company has recently undertaken a new 125-million -euro loan which is backed by Sace’s guarantee.