Electric vehicles are in great demand across the globe as it does not emit any emissions. The significant growth of this sector has encouraged industry players in the supply chain to develop more advanced, sustainable and high-energy density battery solutions in the form of completely new batteries and innovative battery materials for EVs.

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.

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.

Under the terms of the contract, Vattenfall has begun supplying Borealis’ operations in Stenungsund with a total of 175 GWh of renewable energy per year from its hydropower plants in Sweden.

MOL Group has updated its long-term strategy and now aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 via a smart transition. The updated strategy focuses on renewable fuels, green hydrogen, biomethane and geothermal energy and the firm will spend more than 4 billion dollars on green investments.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Chevron Lummus Global commissioning the world’s largest all-hydroprocessing white oil unit to Lanzajet inaugurating the world’s first ethanol to SAF production facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Eastman has plans to develop its second molecular recycling project in the U.S.A. The Longview site in Texas has been selected by the company for developing the project.

With an annual production capacity of 5,000 tons, Arlanxeo has plans to develop a new hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber plant in Changzhou, China. The unit is expected to begin operations in the third quarter of 2025.

Neste, Mitsui Chemicals and Prime Polymer have plans to make use of renewable materials for developing more sustainable food packaging solutions for Co-op, a brand of the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union.

Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced a new Smart-Ex 03 smartphone that can be used in hazardous areas across diverse industries. The 5G- and Wi-Fi 6-enabled smartphone ensures outstanding connectivity and supports the latest technical standards.