Kemira has plans to shut down its manufacturing site in Vancouver, Canada as the firm intends to consolidate its Pulp & Paper chemical production in North America. Production at the site will end during the first half of 2025 following which the production will shift to the company’s Washington site, where Kemira already produces process and functional chemicals.

Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies have plans to work together in order to offer a standardized modular solution for chemical recycling. The modular solution will be based on Alterra’s proprietary liquefaction technology.

Honeywell has plans to separate its Automation and Aerospace Technologies business to establish two separate companies. In addition to this, Advanced Materials, previously announced to be spun, will also be established as a separate firm.

Messer has plans to invest a whooping amount of over 70 million dollars to develop a new air separation unit in Berryville, Arkansas, USA. The move is expected to meet the growing demand for industrial gases in the southern part of the US.

Reolum has selected Johnson Matthey’s e-methanol technology for its La Robla Nueva Energia project in Spain which is claimed to be one of the largest e-methanol production plants in Europe.

Claimed to be the first green hydrogen production site in northern France, Lhyfe has plans to develop the site in Croixrault, in the Somme region of Hauts-de-France. The site, which will be able to produce and deliver up to two tonnes of green and renewable hydrogen per day, is one of the five Lhyfe sites in operation or under construction in France.

With the growing demand for high-quality 2-Ehacid in the region, BASF Petronas Chemicals has successfully inaugurated the second 2-ethylhexanoic acid production line at its integrated site in Kuantan, Malaysia.

Under an agreement signed between Neste and Braskem, Neste will supply renewable and recycled feedstocks to Braskem for producing polymers and chemicals. The products will be sold primarily in South America.

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.

Under a collaboration agreement signed between Technip Energies and Enerkem, both the companies will work together to accelerate the deployment of Enerkem’s technology which can convert non-recyclable waste and residues into sustainable fuels and circular chemical products.