Henkel has plans to acquire Seal for Life Industries from Arsenal Capital Partners. The firm currently has global operations and has generated sales of approximately 250 million euros last year.

Evonik has plans to expand the production of precipitated silica at its Charleston site in the USA by 50 %. The firm has already invested a mid-double-digit million Euro amount in a new production line which is scheduled to begin in mid-2024.

Covestro has put into operation a pilot plant at its Leverkusen site in Germany which is capable of producing the aniline chemical entirely based on plant biomass instead of petroleum. This is a landmark move for the industry and aims at reducing CO2 footprint.

Ima Life is proud to have made a significant contribution to the inauguration of Bayer’s latest facility in Berlin, Germany by supplying the most advanced aseptic processing technologies and implementing high-tech robotics for superior efficiency, flexibility and performance.

As the year 2023 is now passé and the New Year has begun with great vigor, we have listed below the ‘Top 10 Articles’ of PROCESS Worldwide in 2023. These write-ups have attracted the most views by our readers, we hope you enjoy reading all of them.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Chevron Lummus Global commissioning the world’s largest all-hydroprocessing white oil unit to Lanzajet inaugurating the world’s first ethanol to SAF production facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Green hydrogen has been intensively talked about since the past few years but now concrete actions are being taken to accelerate the growth of this key decarbonization solution. Industries which are hard-to-abate are especially keeping a close watch on the development of this clean and green solution.

In vitro meat, cultured meat, lab-grown meat or simply cultivated meat: artificially grown tissue meat in cell culture has been regarded as a future alternative to "classic" meat production for a number of years. However, the production of test-tube burgers is just as complex as traditional biotechnology - and just like biotechnology, it requires the right components.

With the rise of megatrends in Europe such as electromobility and renewable energies which require silicones, Wacker Chemie has decided to build a new silicones production site in Czech Republic. Production at the site is expected to begin by the end of 2025.

Fette Compacting is positioning itself as a process and development partner. CEO Joachim Dittrich and Dr. Marten Klukkert, Vice President Customer Development Center, reveal how the market leader is helping to shape change in the pharmaceutical sector, the role played by collaboration with pharmaceutical and nutrition customers, and the significance of innovations.