Eastman has plans to expand its tertiary amines capacity in Belgium and the USA in order to meet the growing demand in Europe and North America amidst the Covid pandemic.

DNV together with 18 industry leaders have collaborated to launch a new Joint Industry Project to enhance the standardization for safe and cost-efficient hydrogen production systems that use electrolysis powered by renewable energy to produce green hydrogen. A certification scheme is also being developed for electrolyzer projects.

Neelanjan Banerjee will succeed Martin Saewe to become the new Global Head of Lanxess’ Lubricants Additives division. Earlier, he held the post of Region Head, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director for Lanxess India. Martin Saewe on the other hand has been appointed as the Head of Group Initiative E-Mobility and Circular Economy.

Danish biotech company Biosyntia and the German Wacker Group have announced the signing of a contract to develop a large-scale production process for fermentation-based biotin. The long-term partnership aims to make fermentation-based biotin available for the full range of relevant applications as a sustainable, non-chemical, European-sourced alternative.

BASF has plans to invest a three-digit million-dollar amount for modernizing the chloroformates and acid chlorides production facilities at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany. With this move, the capacity of these products at the site is expected to increase by 30 %.

BASF has entered into an agreement with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop and supply innovative catalysts, special reactor design and related process technology that enable CO2 direct utilization via reforming and synthesis gas to chemicals. The deal focuses on the utilization of marine gas with a high CO2 content and will help to reduce carbon footprint via improved process efficiency and carbon efficiency.

The global plastic recycling market stood at 162.5 million tons in 2020 and is forecast to reach 263.08 million tons by 2030, growing at a healthy CAGR of 4.49 % until 2030, according to a report by Research and Markets. Chemical recycling is definitely one of the most popular processes in recent times which will aid the plastic recycling industry to transform into a greener and more sustainable circular economy. In this background, PROCESS Worldwide shares with you the top 5 chemical recycling solutions which have been in the news this year.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2022’ from all over the world. Right from the development of Europe’s most sustainable cracker to Linde starting up the world’s first plant for extracting hydrogen from natural gas pipelines and Microsoft investing 50-million-dollars for building the world’s first alcohol-to-jet SAF plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Wanner International’s Hydra-Cell pumps ensure optimum energy usage and have the capacity to reduce the total energy usage by up to 50 % for industrial sectors. It also helps to reduce carbon footprint.

Arxada, formerly known as Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), has completed the acquisition of Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. (“Enviro Tech”), effective 22 December 2021. Enviro Tech is manufacturer of proprietary and high-efficacy antimicrobial and biocidal products.