Neste has plans to establish an algae pilot production plant in Spain to further strengthen its global raw material pool. With the project, the company aims to develop and demonstrate algae cultivation and processing.

In the chemical industry, plants need to be kept up-to-date at all costs and different kinds of robots help plant operators to achieve this goal. Whether you need them for inspection in a hazardous/confined zone or for collecting data, these 3 types of industrial robots are all you need in an industrial setting.

Covestro plans to invest a figure in the three-digit million Euro range for developing its Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) site in Zhuhai, China. On completion, the project is expected to have a production capacity of nearly 120,000 tons of TPU annually.

Under a long-term agreement between both the parties, BASF and Tenova Advanced Technologies (TAT) will work together to develop a battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. TAT’s novel process for the recovery and production of lithium will be used for the recycling process.

Aker Carbon Capture has delivered the world’s first carbon capture pilot for smelters in Rana, Norway. The pilot unit is connected to Elkem’s plant in Rana which produces high-purity ferrosilicon as well as microsilica and on full-scale, it is expected to capture 1.5 million tonnes of CO2.

The digitalization of the process industry is changing the requirements for process control systems. PROCESS Worldwide got in touch with three leading players to find out the latest market trends as well as the most recent innovations in this space.

Air Liquide has plans to modernize two of its Air Separation Units (ASUs) in the Tianjin industrial basin, in China. With this move, the company aims at reducing the carbon footprint of its oxygen production units.

The rising demand of cell and gene therapies across the globe has forced life science, pharma companies and even research institutes to turn to Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) for developing and delivering treatments quickly to patients in need. Digital transformation is one area that is being explored by CDMOs to accelerate this pace.

Dr. Stephan Kothrade has been appointed as BASF’s latest board member. He will succeed Saori Dubourg who is leaving office and will take charge from March 1, 2023.

Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary Nextchem has entered into an agreement with Biorenova to acquire, scale up and industrialize the proprietary Catc technology which is a continuous chemical recycling process to recover ultra-high purity monomers from sorted plastic waste especially polymethylmethacrylate.