Under a long-term agreement, Linde will supply clean hydrogen and nitrogen to OCI’s 1.1 million ton per annum blue ammonia plant. Located in the U.S. Gulf Coast, the project is claimed to be the first greenfield blue ammonia facility of this scale to come onstream in the U.S.

Plug Power has launched its new fuel cell manufacturing facility in New York, USA. The company broke ground in March of 2022 and began manufacturing at commercial scale after just nine months.

The multiple dividing wall column separates multi-substance mixtures in a single equipment item, thus reducing investment and energy costs. So far, this complex device has remained a pipe dream, but that is about to change: The first plant worldwide has been put into operation and should come as close as possible to the thermodynamic optimum.

With the partnership, both the companies aim to optimize the production of bacterial cellulose and produce bio-based materials which act as the perfect green substitute for synthetic polymers used in the market today such as acrylates, polyethylene, and polystyrene.

A collaboration between the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Oist) and the Polytechnic University of Milan has found that when a fluid is pumped through a pipe in an intermittent way, the cost of transport is significantly reduced.

Ineos Olefins Belgium has plans to develop the most sustainable cracker project in Europe – Project One. Expected to have the lowest carbon footprint of all European crackers, the project will be located in Antwerp, Belgium.

Gerhard Schubert will be presenting a wide range of packaging solutions at the upcoming trade fair of interpack 2023. Some of its most recent innovations include cobots for the rapid feeding of different packaging components on a line, an extremely compact filling machine for cosmetic products and an entirely new, efficient, resource-saving feeding system for carton blanks.

Jindan has entered into an agreement with Sulzer under which the company will utilize Sulzer’s licensed PLA technology at its new manufacturing plant to produce up to 75’000 tonnes of polylactic acid annually.

In the background of rising global demand for bio-based and biodegradable surfactants, BASF has plans to expand its alkyl polyglucosides production capacity at two of its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its presence in Asia-Pacific and North America.

Wacker has plans to expand the production capacity of semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its Burghausen site in Germany. This move will help the firm to increase its existing cleaning capacity by well over 50 percent.