Neste has set an ambitious target for carbon neutral production by 2035 and this move is in line with the company’s other strategic climate commitment of reducing its customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 million tonnes annually by 2030.

Ceresana has introduced a new report on the global market for linear low-density polyethylene. The report reveals that the Asia-Pacific region is the largest consumer of LLDPE across the globe.

From the Elcad CAD system to Engineering Base, the cooperative engineering tool, the German software designer Aucotec has often set trends in software development — and it wants to maintain this trailblazing position in the age of digitalization, too. The SME's recipe for success is based on constantly thinking outside the box, picking up on industry trends and a cooperative management structure and culture that put the emphasis on flexible, agile teams.

Tosoh Quartz has plans to form a subsidiary corporation and construct a new quartzware production facility in South Korea. The new plant is expected to further strengthen the company’s quartzware manufacturing capabilities in the region.

Sumitomo Chemical has made the mega investment in Nanoscent, an Israeli start-up company that develops a high-precision scent recognition IoT platform. With this deal, Sumitomo Chemical intends to create new health care businesses by making use of the innovative platform.

Bayer has announced a package of measures for climate protection and new sustainability targets starting in 2020. In line with the UN goals for sustainable development and the Paris Climate Agreement, the company has set itself ambitious targets to be achieved by 2030.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Ever since the 1920s, Phoenix Contact has been driven by one thing: the pursuit of “better.” Already in its early years, the company demonstrated with its first series terminal block, the so-called RWE terminal block, that it works closely with its customers on all new developments. Then and today, it has always been about connectivity: from the field, through mapping and on to connectivity to the process control level. And time and time again, Phoenix Contact products have spearheaded new technology trends.

Fluor’s maiden lithium mine project in Nevada is expected to extract and process ore to produce 20,200 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 173,000 tonnes of boric acid every year.

Hinduja Group’s Hinduja National Power Corporation Ltd (HNPCL) is setting up a greenfield 1,040 MW coal fired thermal mega power plant in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.