Under a long-term agreement signed between Yokogawa and Shell, both the companies will work together to further develop technologies for utilizing robots and drones in plant monitoring and maintenance.

Cefic has launched a new report called ‘The Carbon Managers: Modelling Possible Pathways for the EU Chemical Sector’s Transition Towards Climate Neutrality and Circularity with iC2050’ for the EU chemical sector. With this report, the council aims to focus on “how” the transition to a climate-neutral and circular chemical sector can happen.

BASF has commenced commercial operations at its Black Mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany for the purpose of battery recycling. The project is one of the biggest commercial Black Mass plants in Europe and has an annual processing capacity of up to 15,000 tons of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and production scrap.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Piller partnering with GIG Karasek for the world’s most powerful heat pump system to Indian Oil Corporation developing a mega petrochemical complex at Paradip, India, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Akzo Nobel is partnering with BASF to reduce the carbon footprint of its high-volume decorative paints in EMEA. By using BASF’s certified biomass balanced ingredients, the company aims to lower CO2 emissions by at least 5 % without altering product quality or manufacturing processes

With an aim to expand its production capacity for semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid, BASF has plans to invest in a new semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The project is expected to meet the growing demand for advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing across Europe.

The “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” innovation award was presented at the international CCU conference in Cologne. Three technologies were honored for converting CO2 into high-quality products such as graphite, polyurethanes, and methanol, thereby making a decisive contribution to industrial decarbonization.

Barentz aims to expand its presence in Asia by acquiring China-based Fengli Group, a leading distributor of pharmaceutical excipients and APIs. The move would strengthen the company’s foothold in the Chinese pharma market and create new regional growth opportunities.

Under a strategic partnership between Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Praj Industries, both the parties will work together to offer an end-to-end integrated technology for polylactic acid production.

Under a license amendment signed between Haldia Petrochemicals and Lummus Technology, both the parties will work together to expand phenol production capacity for the upcoming Phenol and Acetone Plant in Haldia, West Bengal, India.