The mega and fully automatic sorting plant will produce feedstock for chemical recycling. OMV will invest 170 plus million euros to build the plant which is expected to have a capacity of up to 260,000 tonnes per year in Walldürn, Germany.

Solvay has inaugurated a new blowing agent production unit in Rosignano, Italy. This project is expected to revolutionize the plastic foaming industry.

The Maag Group along with Witte will present their first joint product development at Achema 2024 – the new Chem-X gear pump. The pump features an advanced gear tooth design which has been optimized for minimal hydraulic pulsation and maximum volumetric efficiency.

A 20-million-dollar investment has been announced by Lubrizol towards its Gastonia plant in North Carolina, USA. With this mega investment, the company aims to improve its production of innovative acrylic emulsions.

The recently inaugurated chemicals manufacturing facility known as the Saudi Petrolite Chemicals facility will focus on providing oilfield and industrial chemicals in Saudi Arabia. The project is expected to increase the country’s supply base targets of raw materials like solvents and glycols.

The new carbon capture and utilization technology will be tested at OMV Petrom’s Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. The tests which are a part of a demonstration campaign will be carried out in three countries - Denmark, Romania and Greece.

Cepsa and Evos will work together to store green methanol produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras, Spain and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In addition to this, green ammonia will also be stored in Algeciras, Spain.

BASF has plans to divest its shares in the two joint venture companies BASF Markor Chemical Manufacturing (Xinjiang) Co. and Markor Meiou Chemical (Xinjiang) Co. in Korla, China.

Even after the Corona pandemic has subsided, the demand for pharmaceuticals is increasing. But the requirements are changing - and this has an impact on production equipment. Machines for packaging medicines are not exempt from this. And their manufacturers are only spurred on by this.

Linde under its subsidiary White Martins has plans to build, own and operate a second electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen in Brazil. On completion, the plant is expected to supply green hydrogen to glass manufacturer Cebrace to reduce emissions from their glass melting furnaces.