BASF has commenced commercial operations at its Black Mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany for the purpose of battery recycling. The project is one of the biggest commercial Black Mass plants in Europe and has an annual processing capacity of up to 15,000 tons of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and production scrap.

Numerous four-legged robot dogs are inspecting different spaces across the industrial plant; facility personnel are wearing head-mounted displays which helps them to get access to detailed information about an equipment or process in real time and diverse physical assets of a system or production process at the plant can be replicated into a virtual system, get ready for the plant of the future!

Chemicals company BASF is starting production of renewable ammonia in Ludwigshafen, making it a pioneer in Central Europe. Two new products based on green hydrogen will be used as sustainable alternatives in the ammonia value chain.

BASF has recently announced that it has completed the divestment of its shares in the joint venture companies, BASF Markor Chemical Manufacturing (Xinjiang) Co. and Markor Meiou Chemical (Xinjiang) Co. in Korla, China, to Verde Chemical Singapore.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Evonik launching its world-scale alkoxides production facility in Singapore to Clariant supplying catalysts for the world’s largest electric steam methane reformer, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Akzo Nobel is partnering with BASF to reduce the carbon footprint of its high-volume decorative paints in EMEA. By using BASF’s certified biomass balanced ingredients, the company aims to lower CO2 emissions by at least 5 % without altering product quality or manufacturing processes

With Ethernet-APL, digital process control is finally becoming the new standard in the process industry. The field switches from Pepperl+Fuchs have already proven their durability in a fourth scaling test.

With an aim to expand its production capacity for semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid, BASF has plans to invest in a new semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The project is expected to meet the growing demand for advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing across Europe.

Ceresana will be organizing the ‘Future of Bioplastics’, an online event on bioplastics from September 10-11, 2025. Experts from well-known and innovative companies will present insightful information on the innovations and trends, practical examples, and economic perspectives related to the biopolymers sector.

Piller Blowers & Compressors and GIG Karasek will combine their expertise for an innovative BASF project at the Ludwigshafen site in Germany. The project will feature the world’s most powerful heat pump system.