PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2026’ from all over the world. Right from BASF inaugurating a 8.7 billion euro Verbund site in China to Fluor Corporation securing a contract for USA’s first new refinery, find out all the projects making headlines here.

BASF has recently inaugurated its new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The 8.7 billion project sets a new benchmark for sustainable chemical production in China and across the globe.

Sunfire recently broke ground for a new green hydrogen test facility at BASF’s Industrial Park Lausitz site in Schwarzheide, Germany. With this project, Sunfire aims to validate its latest and most powerful SOEC product generation in an industrial environment.

BASF has started up the world’s first production plant for catalysts based on the X3D technology at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. Compared to conventional catalysts, 3D printed catalysts help to reduce costs, lower emissions and increase efficiency.

With an aim to strengthen the company’s supply of high-quality dispersions, BASF has expanded its dispersion production capacity at the Durban site in South Africa. The company celebrates 60 years in the country.

Govi Cast has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with BASF to take over its Softex business. The divestment is in line with the company’s goals of focusing on strategic growth areas within Care Chemicals.

With an aim to support its continued commitment to long-term, sustainable operations amid persistently rising costs, BASF has announced a price hike for butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexly acrylate of up to 100 dollars per metric ton across Asia-Pacific, effective immediately.

Industrial robots such as aerial drones, ground autonomous robots and explosion-proof robots are steadily being incorporated into industrial plants. Right from carrying out routine plant inspections to entering hazardous zones, industrial robots can do it all.

BASF’s newly established Core Transformation Office drives the implementation of cross-unit transformation projects across all core businesses, service units and corporate center units. The program ‘Coreshift’ aims to achieve up to 20 % net cash fixed cost savings in the core by 2029, compared with the 2024 baseline.

Co-located at BASF’s largest refinery catalyst production site globally, in Attapulgus, Georgia, the company has launched a new R&D center for advancements in refinery catalysts. Product development and advanced Fluid Catalytic Cracking testing are at the core of the laboratory’s work.