The “dual carbon” goals will bring profound changes to the development of China’s economy. On the road to carbon neutrality in the process industry, digital technology is becoming a new engine driving the high-quality development of the industry. Through continuous digital technology upgrading and application innovation, Siemens is actively integrating cutting-edge technology into industrial practices to promote green productivity of China’s industry. An interview with Dr. Markus Lade, Senior Vice President of Digital Industries and General Manager of Process Automation Business Unit, Siemens, China.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde has been selected as a technology provider for the new blue ammonia facility in USA. The new project will make use of the carbon capture and sequestration processes to produce blue ammonia which has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by more than 60 % as compared to conventional ammonia.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of December 2022’ from all over the world. Right from developing Europe’s largest green hydrogen hub to Sulzer offering technologies for the world’s first commercial scale e-methanol plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has issued a statement on the European Commission’s recommendation of creating a European assessment framework for ‘safe and sustainable by design’ chemicals and materials.

Mitsui Chemicals has plans to develop a new plant to produce the high-performance elastomer Tafmer in the background of rising and future demand for the elastomer. It is used both as a soft molding material and as a resin modifier that significantly enhances resin properties.

Clariant has plans to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China. The hefty investment at the site will enable the firm to establish a new global hub for its healthcare business.

The new world-scale project will be integrated with Aramco and Total’s existing Satorp refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. It will assist the refinery to convert refinery off-gases, naphtha, ethane and natural gasoline into higher value chemicals.

Rejves Machinery is an expert in developing filling and capping machines for packaging cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical and food products. With this acquisition, the Marchesini Group aims to achieve new growth targets by diversify its customer portfolio even further.

AMI Consulting’s new report ‘Chemical Recycling, Global Status 2022’ offers detailed information on numerous chemical recyclers and their sites. The report also identifies a global chemical recycling input capacity of close to 1.2 million tonnes in 2022 and mentions that Europe currently leads in technological developments for chemical recycling.

Kemira has recently joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative which focuses on speeding up the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and materials. By associating with the initiative, Kemira aims at advancing innovative sustainability practices with a focus on promoting circularity and a bio-based economy.