Siemens has recently joined the Global Impact Coalition. This addition greatly strengthens the Global Impact Coalition’s growing network of global industry leaders committed to delivering tangible emissions reduction and circularity solutions through collaborative, cross-sector action.

Total Energies has commenced production at France’s first advanced plastic recycling plant. Located at the company’s Grandpuits site in Paris, the facility boasts of an annual capacity of 15,000 tons.

Few industries are as diverse as the water and environmental sector. Keller Pressure sensors are used in a wide variety of applications in this sector. For example, they are utilized to determine flow rates and regulate water levels.

Under a MOU signed between Covestro, Fertiglobe, and Ta’ziz, all the parties will work together to explore collaboration across the ammonia and nitric acid value chains. Covestro and Fertiglobe intend to explore short-term ammonia supply opportunities from Fertiglobe’s facilities to Covestro’s sites in China and the USA.

Nova Sustainable Fuels has awarded a contract to Thyssenkrupp Uhde for performing an integration and optimization study for its biomass-to-methanol project in Nova Scotia, Canada. The study aims to quantify the value of Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s integrated process for the production of over 450,000 metric tons of methanol per year.

Henkel has joined hands with Sekab to speed up the transition from fossil-based to bio-based raw materials in adhesive production. The partnership intends to replace conventional ethyl acetate with a sustainable, bio-based alternative.

Developed by CAC Engineering, Bondalti Chemicals’ facility made use of Asahi Kasei’s chlor-alkali electrolysis technology. The new unit will also be utilized for further reducing power consumption and optimizing the use of materials in the chlor-alkali industry.

Plug Power has secured a Front-End Engineering Design contract to supply a 275 MW Geneco PEM electrolyzer system to Hy2gen Canada’s Courant project. The project is expected to be one of North America’s largest decarbonized ammonium nitrate facilities.

The French Government has awarded Ineos with a 300 million euro grant to decarbonize the Lavera site in France as well as to reduce carbon dioxide emission by 331,000 tonnes annually.

A new report titled ‘Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Global Capacities, Production and Trends 2025–2030’ has been compiled by nova-Institute. The report forecasts that the expansion of the global bio-based polymer market will be led by Europe and North America while Asia remains a major growth region.