Lewa has significantly improved the performance of its Lewa ecoflow LDG process pump. The upgraded model delivers a 15 % increase in hydraulic power within the same footprint.

Incubated at the World Economic Forum, the Global Impact Coalition is a CEO-led coalition committed to advancing a circular, net-zero future for the chemical industry. The coalition has recently completed its first anniversary by delivering revolutionary projects for the sector.

With an aim to strengthen Sumitomo Chemical’s system for meeting new market needs and further expanding its LCP business, the company has acquired the LCP Neat Resin Business Asset from Syensqo.

BASF has appointed Dr. Thomas Kloster to take responsibility for the Petrochemicals division based in Ludwigshafen from January 1, 2025. Kloster is currently the President of the Performance Chemicals division at BASF.

Under a collaboration between Henkel and Celanese, both the firms will work together to produce water-based adhesives made from captured CO2 emissions. The move is expected to create new opportunities for customers in the packaging and consumer goods sector to increase the renewable content of their products.

Perstorp’s animal nutrition plant in Waspik, the Netherlands has recently announced that it has achieved zero greenhouse gas emissions by reducing its direct emissions (Scope 1& 2) over the year 2024.

Saudi Arabia’s first CO2 Direct Air Capture test unit is a pilot plant developed in collaboration with Siemens Energy and is capable of removing 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere.

UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Adnoc Managing Director and Group CEO, Chairman of Masdar and Executive Chairman of XRG, Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber recently spoke at the energy conference Ceraweek and stated that Adnoc is on course to become the most AI enabled energy company in the world.

BASF’s proprietary OASE blue technology will be utilized by Forestal for the efficient removal of CO2 from flue gases for the production of e-methanol at its Triskelion project in Galicia, Spain.

Invenergy’s first clean hydrogen project, the Sauk Valley Hydrogen facility in Rock Falls, Illinois, USA has reached commercial operations. The project is expected to produce up to 40 metric tons of clean hydrogen annually with the capacity to store up to 400 kilograms of clean hydrogen on site.