Celanese has plans to expand its engineered materials compounding capacity at three of its manufacturing facilities in Asia – Nanjing, China; Suzhou, China; and Silvassa, India. The move has been undertaken to support the expected growth of compounded polymers.

Netzsch Pumps & Systems recently developed a multi-screw pump for hygienic applications and expanded its previous hygienic pump portfolio with the new model series: Notos 2NSH. The two-spindle positive displacement pumps are all-metal pumps that pump especially demanding and sensitive media.

Yokogawa’s new subsidiary ‘Yokogawa Bio Frontier’ commenced business operations on March 22 and will produce and market biomass materials to establish a sustainable carbon cycle.

Under Evonik’s global circular plastics program, the company has plans to generate additional sales of at least 414 million dollars by 2030 with its circular plastics solutions. To encourage a circular economy, the company wants to offer its customers solutions for all stages in the polymer value chain.

As part of the mega ‘SeaH2Land’ project, Ørsted is developing a 1 GW renewable hydrogen production facility by 2030. The project is expected to assist the Netherlands and Belgium reduce their carbon emissions in the near future.

Mitsubishi has entered the MOU along with three other parties – Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, the Bandung Institute of Technology and PT Panca Amara Utama. Together, all of them will carry out a joint study for CCS and carbon dioxide utilization in order to produce clean fuel ammonia in Indonesia.

As part of the plant’s maintenance turnaround, Invista recently completed the technology upgrade of its Victoria plant in Texas, USA with the most advanced adiponitrile (ADN) technology. The move is expected to increase ADN production and further support growth in downstream nylon 6,6 applications.

Evonik and Innovation Lab have recently introduced printable and rechargeable batteries which make use of the Taettooz technology from Evonik. The thin, flexible batteries can store electrical energy and also boast of a long cycle life.

The severe and unusual storms in the USA have already forced numerous companies to shut down their plants. The chemical company OQ Chemicals has now also had to declare Force Majeure.

Bota Bio is developing a next-generation biotechnology platform which is a combination of computation and cutting-edge biotechnology. The platform is expected to assist sustainable and economical production of high value products for a broad array of industrial applications.