The 35th International Trade Fair for Fine and Specialty Chemicals, Chemspec, is to be held live and digitally as a hybrid event from September 29 to 30, 2021.

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.

The board members of the ‘9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals’ have shortlisted six technologies for the show’s innovation award ‘Best CO2 Utilisation 2021’. Three winners will be announced at the virtual conference which will be held from March 23-24, 2021.

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 Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems Enas is demonstrating the robot-assisted inkjet printing technology on 3D components and printing processes for the production of fuel cell components at the virtual Lopec trade event.

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.

BHS-Sonthofen has delivered to the U.S. a system comprising two indexing belt filters for use in the manufacture of intermediates for a particularly tear-resistant plastic.

With the new production plant, Orlen Unipetrol has plans to launch dicyclopentadiene, a new product which can be used across the automotive, construction, electrical engineering, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.