Evonik has recently announced that it is making use of green electricity for polybutadiene production at its Marl site in Germany. This initiative is in line with the company’s sustainability strategy which includes a 25 % reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions from 2021 to 2030.

With an aim to serve the growing APAC market, Kemira has plans to make a multi-million Euro investment in multiple production line expansion of strength chemical agents for paper, board and tissue at its Wellgrow site in Thailand.

BASF has recently inaugurated a new mega production plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. With this project, the company is expected to increase its global annual production capacity for alkyl ethanolamines by nearly 30 percent to over 140,000 tons per year.

Bentley’s integrated modeling and analysis applications shortened project completion time by 20 %, saved 200 hours in design time and slashed CNY 800,000 (approximately 1,11,619 dollars) in costs.

Dow has invested in Xycle, a Netherlands-based leader in chemical recycling technology. The move is in line with the company’s goal of accelerating a circular economy for plastics.

Eaton has introduced its new Topcart HF filter cartridge housings for a wide range of industrial applications in fine filtration such as pre-filtration before membranes, safety filtration and final product filtration.

The Italy-based Flamma Group has recently inaugurated a new cGMP plant in Dalian, China. The new project is in line with the company’s broader strategy to invest significantly across its global network.

Donald Trump is back in office and his policies have left the world stunned. Right from his outright support for fossil fuel production within the United States to rolling back climate, air and water pollution, and emissions regulations, to imposing international trade tariffs, the White House has made many bold moves in the past few months. In the middle of all this, the chemical industry urges all parties to cooperate in the ongoing trade war and find a lasting solution for everyone.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Ineratec launching Europe’s largest e-fuel production plant in Germany to Latin America’s largest wastewater treatment project beginning operations, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Evonik has recently inaugurated a new double-digit million-euro production plant for sustainable emollients at its site in Steinau, Germany. The move will significantly increase Evonik’s production capacity which will cater to the growing customer demand for sustainable cosmetic emollients.