Ascend has plans to develop a new hexamethylene diamine and specialty chemicals plant in Lianyungang, China which will also be the company’s first chemical production facility and the largest investment the firm has made outside the USA. The plant will produce HMD as well as specialty chemicals which will help in the technological transformations of various industries such as e-mobility and automation in the region.

Under a long-term agreement signed between Linde and BASF, Linde will build and operate a new hydrogen production facility at Chalampé, France in order to supply hydrogen and steam to BASF’s new hexamethylenediamine manufacturing facility in the country.

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.

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.

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.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde Thailand has secured an engineering services and proprietary equipment supply contract for an Esterification plant from a major oleo and specialty chemicals producer in Asia. thyssenkrupp Uhde’s advanced batch reactor technology will be used for the project.

Sabic has entered into a MOU with Saudi Aramco and PKN Orlen for exploring the potential of petrochemical expansion projects in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, the investment opportunities will include a new chemical production facility in Poland, the expansion of various existing assets and development of a new world scale cracker.

Solvay and Trillium Renewable Chemicals have joined hands to develop a bio-based acrylonitrile supply chain for producing bio-carbon fiber which can be used across various industries such as aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer goods.

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 %.

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.