Shell has decided to repurpose its Wesseling site at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Germany by converting the site’s hydrocracker into a production unit for Group III base oils. These base oils are used for producing high-quality lubricants such as engine and transmission oils.

The same developments happening in the rest of the world are also reshaping laboratories: the increasing use of technology, digital tools and, of course, robots and artificial intelligence (AI). All these trends often go hand in hand with a greater awareness of environmental issues. In this trend report, we present a summary of the fruits these developments are already bearing and will bear in the future.

Industrial process systems company IPCO will use in-cosmetics global 2024 in Paris to showcase its Rotoform system for the production of consistently-sized, free-flowing beads.

Newcleo has collaborated with Maire’s subsidiaries Nextchem Tech and Tecnimont to study the application of Gen-IV nuclear technologies for the production of hydrogen and sustainable chemicals production.

With an aim to explore the capture of CO2 emissions from Wacker’s metallurgical-grade silicon production at its Holla plant in Norway, Aker Carbon Capture will conduct a feasibility study and an eight-months test campaign for the project.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of March 2024’ from all over the world. Right from the world’s largest ‘ammonia to hydrogen’ modular cracker demo in operation to Akzonobel investing 30 million plus dollars at its powder coatings sites, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The new methyl glycols plant will have an annual capacity of 46,000 metric tons and aims to meet the rapidly growing demand for brake fluids in the region. Operations at the unit are expected to begin by 2025.

The Maag Group will be exhibiting its latest innovations in integrated solutions for the plastics industry at the upcoming NPE 2024 event which is scheduled to take place in Florida, USA.

Clariant has recently launched Clarity Prime, an advanced digital service for AI-powered optimization of catalyst operation. Indorama has become the firm’s first customer to implement the new Clarity Prime service at its world-scale ammonia plant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

With this mega investment, Akzonobel aims to install advanced technologies and increase the total manufacturing capacity at its four powder coatings sites in North America.