Perstorp has plans to begin manufacturing a new range of synthetic esters at its acquired plant in the Netherlands in early 2025. With this, the company plans to target the specialty fluids markets and become a recognized leader and supplier of synthetic fluids.

Lanxess has recently sold its Urethane Systems Business to UBE Corporation. With this move, Lanxess has exited its last remaining polymer business and aims to rapidly transform the firm into a pure-play specialty chemicals company.

Bilfinger has bagged a Project Management and Consultancy contract from Egyptian Chemical Industries for its new chemical and fertilizer plant in Aswan, Egypt. On completion, the facility is expected to produce 600 tons of nitric acid per day.

Nextchem has entered into a Toll Manufacturing Agreement with Röhm under which Röhm will supply PMMA scrap material feedstock in order to produce ultra-pure monomers with virgin-like quality.

BASF, Endress+Hauser, Technocompound, the University of Bayreuth as well as the University of Jena have partnered together to study how the mechanical recycling of plastics can be optimized. With this project, the partners will make use of innovative measuring technologies and AI to determine the composition of waste plastics in real time.

Neste, KPI Oceanconnect and Global Energy have partnered together to deliver renewable diesel to the marine sector in Singapore for the first time. This marks an important milestone for the marine sector to utilize more sustainable alternatives in their operations.

Gevo and LG Chem have decided to extend their joint development agreement under which LG Chem will assess its existing assets for deploying Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins technology. With this move, the companies aim to accelerate its commercialization activities ahead of the original timeline.

Accelerating the renewable energy transition is no longer a choice, industries will have to pick up pace and significantly adopt clean as well as sustainable solutions in the coming years in order to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or all of us could potentially be staring at doomsday.

The ALT-P project is a major collaborative study into alternative approaches to phosphorus removal at rural wastewater treatment works. Led by United Utilities, the project’s findings have been shared across the UK water sector.

As the year comes to an end, PROCESS Worldwide brings to you five of the most revolutionary green projects of 2024. Innovative and unique, all the projects are expected to leave a lasting impression within the industry for many years to come. Find out everything about these groundbreaking projects here.