Roeland Baan earlier held the CEO position at Outokumpu, a global stainless steel company before joining Haldor Topsoe. With significant global work experience, he took charge of his responsibilities on June 2, 2020.

The two industrial giants Air Products and Haldor Topsoe have signed a global Alliance Agreement. The companies plan to collaborate in the development of potential projects and the combination of their expertise on large-scale ammonia, methanol and/or dimethyl ether plants to be developed and built globally.

Roeland Baan will be succeeding Bjerne S. Clausen as Haldor Topsoe’s new Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Baan has held numerous higher management designations in Outokumpu, Aleris International, Arcelor Mittal, SHV and Shell.

With the incorporation of Haldor Topsoe’s technology, the new methanol facility in Russia is expected to produce 1.6 million tonnes of АА grade methanol annually. The plant is scheduled for completion in 2023.

With a production capacity of 5225 MTPD, the methanol plant is part of the mega natural gas-to-gasoline complex in Turkmenistan. The project makes use of Haldor Topsoe’s Syncor Methanol solution to produce synthetic gasoline.

Haldor Topsoe and Sasol have signed a collaboration agreement under which both the firms will continue to supply their core technologies and also offer Topsoe’s hydroprocessing and hydrogen technologies. The move will enable customers to get access to a single-point licensing offering for proven gas to liquid solutions.

The Nakhodka Mineral Fertiliser Plant has finalised Topsoe’s technology for building a 5,400 tonnes per day methanol plant in Russia. Work on the plant will be carried out by Haldor Topsoe and China Chengda Engineering.

Perdaman has selected Haldor Topsoe’s Syncor ammonia solution for its 2.7 billion dollar ammonia/urea plant in Western Australia. Construction work for the project is expected to commence in 2020.

With the rising demand for ammonia, methanol, and DME grassroots plants in Indonesia, the firm aims to offer cutting edge technology, catalysts and solutions for the region’s petrochemical and fertiliser industry.

The company’s Convection Reformer technology will be used for producing hydrogen at Novatek’s refinery in Ust-Luga, Russia. The specialised innovation requires a small footprint and can be installed quickly at the site.