Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Merck and Siemens have decided to expand their cooperation in Smartfacturing. With this, Siemens has become a preferred global supplier and strategic partner for Smartfacturing technologies, paving the way for transformative projects across Merck's three business sectors.

The ICIS Innovation Award 2024 has been presented to Lanxess for its innovative iron oxides which are used in lithium iron phosphate batteries. The company bagged the award under the category of ‘Best Product Innovation from a Large Company’.

PPG has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its silicas products business to Poland-based firm Qemetica for 310 million dollars. The deal includes PPG’s precipitated silicas manufacturing facilities in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Delfzijl, The Netherlands.

Through a 10 % participating interest, Shell has plans to invest in Adnoc’s Ruwais liquefied natural gas project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The project is expected to consist of two 4.8 million metric tonnes per annum LNG liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 9.6 mmtpa.

Under an agreement signed between Bridgestone, BB&G and Eni, all the parties will come together to establish a closed-loop ecosystem which will aim at transforming end-of-life tyres into new tyres.

Arcelormittal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have partnered with climate tech company D-CRBN to trial a new technology which has the capability to convert captured CO2 into carbon monoxide. This can be further used in steel and chemical production.

Motiva has chosen Honeywell UOP's aromatics technologies for developing its new aromatics facility in Texas, USA. The project is expected to produce benzene and paraxylene, which are key building blocks for medical supplies, fabrics, and many other products common to daily life.

Edwards Vacuum has introduced oil-free EDP 80 - 400 vacuum pumps for the chemical industry. Based on the non-contacting reverse claw technology, this pump ensures a uniform vacuum with high efficiency and low operating costs.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2024’ from all over the world. Right from E3 Lithium building its fully integrated lithium brine demonstration facility to a revolutionary green ammonia plant being inaugurated in Denmark, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Under an agreement signed between Cepsa Química and the Persán group, Cepsa Química will use 100 % renewable diesel to transport chemical product supplies to Persán. With this move, both the companies aim to avoid the emission of around 126 tons of CO2 annually.