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 Serum Institute of India (SII) has been producing more than 20 different types of vaccines and supplying it to numerous countries across the globe since ages but it was the biopharma company’s Covid-19 vaccine that made headlines amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. With state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, the production facilities at the firm’s Pune site in India meet the highest standards of various regulatory agencies. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into the world’s biggest vaccine factory.

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.

Topsoe and Fidelis have formed a global alliance for technology used in the production of carbon neutral hydrogen. Topsoe’s hydrogen process portfolio along with Fidelis’ H2 technology will be paired in the alliance in order to reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions involved in hydrogen production.

With an aim to produce specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies which can be used for electric vehicles, Evonik has plans to expand its fumed aluminum oxide plant in Yokkaichi, Japan. The project is expected to be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia.

With the help of the pressurised enclosure, explosion protection is simple and flexible. Above all, it can be used to implement difficult Ex challenges, which is why many users make use of this solution. Two industrial plants in the petrochemical industry in Kuwait and Egypt show how this works in practice.

Fuel cell technology projects can rely on Fluid Components International's ST80 thermal mass flow meters with Vortab (VIP) flow conditioners to accurately measure gas flow to generate clean electricity while reducing or eliminating environmentally harmful emissions such as carbon, NOX and SOX, according to the company.

Merck’s new plant will produce specialty gases and semiconductor materials for thin film and patterning solutions. The project is being developed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to further support the company’s semiconductor solutions business which is one of its ‘Big 3’ growth drivers.

For its Industrial Merchant business line, Air Liquide has signed 52 new long-term on-site contracts in 2022. On-site production of gases proves to be an environmentally-friendly solution for customers that require a local and reliable gas supply.

The increasing demand for industrial pumps in China has led Netzsch Pumps & Systems to relocate to a new site in order to expand its production capacity. The site is located on the Dinglian Industrial Park, one of the five state-approved industrial parks in the Lanzhou New and High-tech Industrial Development Zone.