With the rise of megatrends in Europe such as electromobility and renewable energies which require silicones, Wacker Chemie has decided to build a new silicones production site in Czech Republic. Production at the site is expected to begin by the end of 2025.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde will provide engineering and procurement services as well as its uhde ammonia technology license and proprietary equipment for the development of Proman’s 2200 metric tons/day ammonia plant in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Solvay developing an electric furnace at its silica plant in France to Exxonmobil’s technology being selected for a demonstration plant in the Neom project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Exxonmobil’s advanced fluid bed Methanol-to-Gasoline technology has been chosen by Aramco for the development of a synthetic fuel demonstration plant in Neom’s Hydrogen Innovation and Development Center in Saudi Arabia.

Asahi Kasei and Asahi Kasei Medical have recently launched its new Bioprocess Technical Center in Jiangsu, China. With the establishment of this center, the two companies aim to cater to customers in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry.

Air Liquide has plans to use its proprietary Cryocap technology for developing, owning and operating a mega carbon capture unit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The new unit will be installed at the firm’s H2 facility and will aim to reduce CO₂ emissions in the region.

Kemira and IFF will work together towards the commercialization of a biotechnology process – Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial platform – that enables production of new renewable polymers with enzymatic polymerization.

Topsoe’s Snox technology has been chosen for Essar Oil UK’s carbon capture facility in Stanlow, North West England. The technology has the capacity to remove nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, dust and other contaminants from flue gas emitted in the production process.

Shorter planning and construction times, more flexible utilization options through rapid modifications, and everything as energy-efficient as possible: The Enpro initiative (Energy Efficiency and Process Acceleration for the Chemical Industry) is opening up interesting options for the process industries with its various development projects. New designs for pumps also offer undreamed-of opportunities, as the first modular concepts and the Hector project show. We explain how tomorrow’s pumps may be both modular and energy-efficient.

Sumitomo Chemical has already begun the construction of a pilot facility in Japan to demonstrate a new environmentally-friendly process for producing propylene directly from ethanol. The pilot unit is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025.