Indorama Ventures and Carbios have plans to establish a joint venture under which it will build a first-of-its-kind PET biorecycling plant in France. The new project is expected to cost around 230 million euros.

KBR in partnership with Swedish Biofuels has introduced a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology which can process ethanol as well as convert carbon dioxide and synthesis gas to produce SAF.

With an aim to remain competitiveness in today’s rapidly changing economic and geopolitical environment especially in Europe, OQ Chemicals has decided to realign its organization and reduce its workforce in Germany.

Syzygy Plasmonics has selected Emerson to automate its innovative catalyst reactor technology that uses light instead of thermal energy to decarbonize chemical production. The technology is expected to help manufacturers reduce both emissions and operational costs.

Hydrocarbon producers face mounting pressure to become climate resilient, reduce carbon emissions, and focus on revenue streams from renewables. To alleviate this pressure, power generation organizations need to embrace renewable alternatives, and while some companies have become early adopters, many operators are looking at substantial changes to their business models to accommodate the transition.

Under a MOU signed between Keppel Infrastructure and Exxonmobil Asia Pacific, both the firms will work together to explore low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia solutions in Singapore. The move has been carried out in the background of the Singapore Government’s launch of the National Hydrogen Strategy which expects hydrogen to meet up to half of Singapore’s power needs by 2050.

Guangxi Chlor-Alkali Chemical has selected Solvay’s proprietary hydrogen peroxide technology for its new plant in China. Under the license agreement, Solvay will also provide a dedicated process design package, operating expertise and a range of services for the project.

Linde has been selected by Dow to supply clean hydrogen and nitrogen for its proposed net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives complex in Alberta, Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will develop a large-scale air separation and autothermal reformer complex which will then be integrated with its existing operations at the site.

thyssenkrupp At.Pro tec is well known for the development of the sequence impulse process (SIP). When used on cupola furnaces, it considerably increased their cost-effectiveness in the past. In over 10 years of development work with Schubert & Salzer as their partner, Dr. Rainer Klock and the team at At.Pro tec succeeded in getting the SIP technology to work on blast furnaces, too, with the help of sliding gate valves. This is a story of a researcher who is on his way to becoming a plant manufacturer.

Wacker has completed the capacity expansion for VAE dispersions and VAE dispersible polymer powders at its Nanjing site in China. The 100-million-dollar expansion project is expected to more than double the firm’s production in the region.