BASF has introduced a modern amine catalyst – Lupragen N 208 to its portfolio of Lupragen amine catalysts for the production of polyurethane foams. The low-VOC polyurethane catalyst will be produced at the firm’s Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Topsoe inaugurating Europe’s largest SOEC manufacturing facility in Denmark to Air Liquide’s technology converting ammonia into hydrogen at industrial scale, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Topsoe’s ammonia loop technology, proprietary catalysts and equipment have been chosen for Synergen Green Energy’s ammonia project in the U.S..Once operational, the project is expected to produce 210,000 metric tons of ammonia annually.

Topsoe has entered into an offtake agreement with Forestal to provide its SOEC technology for Forestal’s Triskelion e-methanol plant in Galicia, Spain. Triskelion will be the first project to deploy Topsoe’s SOEC for e-methanol production.

Under a license agreement signed between BASF and Andritz, BASF’s OASE technology has been selected for a carbon capture project that is expected to be developed in the city of Aarhus, Denmark.

With this investment, BASF aims to produce the most advanced dispersants by making use of the Controlled Free Radical Polymerization technology. High-performance dispersants are essential in coatings, inks and composites, improving pigment dispersion, color performance and system stability.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of March 2025’ from all over the world. Right from ABB and Charbone Hydrogen collaborating for green hydrogen production units to Aramco launching Saudi’s first CO2 direct air capture test unit, find out all the projects making headlines here.

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Braskem has plans to expand ethylene and polyethylene production at its Rio de Janeiro facility in Brazil. A mega investment of R$ 4.2 billion has already been approved for the expansion.

Accurate Energetic Systems manufacturers explosive products for the defense and commercial markets. On October 10, 2025, a fatal explosion occurred at the company’s facility in Humphreys County, Tennessee resulting in 16 fatalities, several serious injuries, and severe damage to the facility.