Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded an EPC contract for a Cyclo Olefin Polymer production plant by Zeon Corporation in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2026’ from all over the world. Right from BASF starting up its steam cracker at the Verbund site in China to Wood securing a contract for the world's first full-scale iron nitride permanent magnet plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Speciality chemicals company Evonik and Gas Malaysia are joining forces to boost renewable energy with the country’s first biomethane injection site. Using Evonik’s Sepuran Green membrane technology, the partnership marks a milestone in Malaysia’s transition to cleaner energy sources.

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals has completed construction of a dedicated pilot plant for super absorbent polymers (SAPs) at its Himeji Works in Hyogo Prefecture. The facility is intended to support the company’s efforts to develop next-generation SAP products.

The Leuna biorefinery, claimed to be the largest industrial-scale investment in biochemicals in Europe, has started the production and commercialization of industrial sugars. The biorefinery has now reached stable operation in separating lignin and sugars.

Topsoe has announced Yassir Ghiyati as its new Chief Commercial Officer. He will a part of the Senior Leadership Team and will be responsible for the company’s core commercial offerings across global markets.

Post the acquisition, OQ Chemicals, a leading global producer and merchant of oxo chemicals, will reinstate its name to Oxea.

Under a non-binding agreement signed between Kemira and the Hazer Group, both the companies will work together to evaluate and explore commercial opportunities for the deployment of Hazer’s proprietary methane pyrolysis technology.

BASF has recently inaugurated a new plant at the Bangpakong site in Thailand. The project marks the expansion of its Alkyl Polyglucosides footprint in Asia. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its position in the region.

Borealis has plans to invest a whooping amount of 49 million euros in order to scale up polypropylene production at its manufacturing site in Burghausen, Germany.