The mega funding has been secured due to the rise in the demand for robotic solutions in heavy industries. The move will also help to scale deployments internationally, fuel the development of new capabilities, and strengthen Anybotics' position in the robotic inspection solutions market.

Biocircular styrene which is based on tall oil is being used by Lanxess to produce sustainable ion exchange resins which are generally used in the treatment of wastewater, chemical process flows and the food industry. The company aims to achieve fully climate-neutral raw materials by 2050.

Under a strategic partnership between Origin Materials and Indorama Ventures, both the firms will work towards accelerating the mass production of bio-based materials. For this, the companies will also explore the option of converting an Indorama Ventures’ U.S. facility into a bio-based materials plant in order to develop and commercialize low-carbon bio-based materials.

HIF Global has chosen Johnson Matthey and Honeywell to conduct preliminary engineering for developing its first SAF facility in the USA. On completion, the facility is expected to produce 11,000 barrels per day of e-SAF.

With the acquisition of the contract manufacturing company ADL Biopharma, Wacker will strengthen its biotechnology business. The purchase price for the acquisition of ADL Biopharma exceeds 100 million euros.

With the successful takeover of the MBCC Group, which generated sales of 2.3 billion dollars in 2022, Sika aims to strengthen its sustainable product portfolio in the global construction industry.

Siegfried recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to develop a new global drug substance research and development center in Evionnaz, Switzerland. The firm has plans to invest 28 million dollars for the project.

The Bahr El Baqar wastewater treatment project has three Guinness World Records to its name – the largest water treatment plant in the world, the largest sludge treatment plant and the largest single-operator ozone generating plant. Situated in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, the project is changing the dynamics of the country which is suffering from a water-crisis.

Under a commercial cooperation agreement signed between Lummus Technology and Texplore, Lummus Technology will license Texplore’s Excene HDPE technology. Lummus will also provide engineering design for plant construction, services for plant commissioning and start up while Texplore will provide their EL-Cat catalyst supply.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2023’ from all over the world. Right from UAE’s first large-scale methanol production facility to Emerson automating one of the world’s largest ethane crackers, find out all the projects making headlines here.