Evonik has plans to expand its production capacity of Metamino (DL-methionine) on Jurong Island, Singapore, by 40,000 metric tons to around 340,000 metric tons annually. For this, the project will require technological development which will help in process optimization, thus, improving the carbon footprint of Metamino produced in Singapore by six percent.

Chemical company Solvay plans to split into two independent, listed companies in the second half of 2023: Specialty Co is to operate as a pure specialty chemicals company with accelerated growth potential; Essential Co is to focus primarily on sustainable solutions as a supplier of basic chemicals.

Covestro plans to invest a figure in the three-digit million Euro range for developing its Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) site in Zhuhai, China. On completion, the project is expected to have a production capacity of nearly 120,000 tons of TPU annually.

Volpak, a Coesia company, is launching a new Enflex brand series for the pharmaceutical and healthcare market: Enflex PHS Series, which comes in different models depending on production needs. This machine range meets the specific requirements of an industry that is increasingly interested in flexible packaging, especially in the stick-pack format.

Sea Vision has plans to exhibit its AI-powered Automated Line Clearance software at the upcoming Interphex tradeshow in New York, USA. The technology will be showcased for the first time in the US.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of May 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Topsoe developing the world’s first industrial scale SOEC electrolyzer facility to Mc Dermott securing a PMC contract for India's first mega-scale MAH plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Gerhard Schubert will be presenting a wide range of packaging solutions at the upcoming trade fair of interpack 2023. Some of its most recent innovations include cobots for the rapid feeding of different packaging components on a line, an extremely compact filling machine for cosmetic products and an entirely new, efficient, resource-saving feeding system for carton blanks.

Under a MOU with Baker Hughes and Fortescue Future Industries, both the parties will work together to explore opportunities for the scale-up and adoption of novel technology solutions which would help to decarbonize the energy sector as well as hard-to-abate industrial sectors including mining, steel and cement.

The UAE and France have plans to launch a bilateral program under which both the firms will combine their expertise to develop opportunities in order to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program will be launched in the background of the Cop28 climate change conference which will be held in Dubai this year.

The publication of the ‘EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway’ by the European Commission has given a concrete direction to the European chemical industry to work in. The move will assist the industry to digitalize its processes, become climate neutral, circular, and also transition to sustainable chemicals by 2050.