BASF has plans to increase the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounding plant in Panoli, Gujarat and Thane, Maharashtra, India. The firm will also be inaugurating its Polyurethane Technical Development Center India on May 28 in Mumbai.

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.

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.

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

Qore, a joint venture firm of Cargill and Helm, has recently announced that it has successfully completed the development of a 300-million-dollar facility in Iowa, USA and is all set to start production of Qira, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol made from locally grown dent corn, at the plant.

Autonomous robots are the new smart technologies in the market and the who’s who of the industry are already planning to explore these solutions for their industrial facilities. Plant inspections can now be carried out multiple times in a day with high accuracy and precision.

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.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Ineratec launching Europe’s largest e-fuel production plant in Germany to Latin America’s largest wastewater treatment project beginning operations, find out all the projects making headlines here.

BASF Coatings has increased its production capacity for polyester and polyurethane resin at its Caojing plant in Shanghai, China with an aim to meet the growing demand for automotives in the Asia Pacific region.

BASF has appointed Heather Remley, who is currently President, Global Engineering Services, Ludwigshafen, as the President & CEO of BASF Corporation in Florham Park, New Jersey with effect from April 1, 2025.