Blue Oval SK – the joint venture company of SK On and Ford has recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to establish the Blue Oval SK Battery Park, an EV battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky, USA. The complex will also comprise of two EV battery plants.

The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has issued a statement on the European Commission’s recommendation of creating a European assessment framework for ‘safe and sustainable by design’ chemicals and materials.

The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland visited the site of Vianode’s new battery materials plant in Herøya, Norway where he raised Vianode’s flag. Initially, the new plant is expected to produce anode graphite for about 20,000 EVs annually by 2024. Later on, it will be scaled to provide battery materials to two million EVs per year by 2030.

Linde and SLB’s partnership aim to speed up decarbonization solutions in the industrial and energy sectors. With this collaboration, the partners will focus on CCUS projects in hydrogen, ammonia, natural gas sectors.

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser has secured an alkaline electrolyzer equipment contract from Woodside Energy for its H2ok hydrogen project which will be set up in Ardmore, Oklahoma, US. Woodside’s project will produce liquid hydrogen for hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial and heavy transport vehicles.

Diosna has recently introduced an innovative IOT solution for the food industry which is capable of optimizing process flows in manufacturing. The solution is available 24x7 and has the ability to transform existing manufacturing processes into Industry 4.0 processes.

Alberto Negri will succeed Marco Baietti to become Sea Vision’s new Chief Commercial Officer. In his new role, Negri will guide the sales team to achieve the firm’s medium and long-term objectives as well as support the company’s Chairman and CEO.

Clariant has plans to expand its Care Chemicals facility in Daya Bay, Huizhou, China. The hefty investment at the site will enable the firm to establish a new global hub for its healthcare business.

GS Caltex has chosen KBR’s plastics recycling technology for its 50 kTA unit which aims to convert waste plastics into raw materials for developing new plastics. With this project, the company aims to establish a greener facility in South Korea.

Cypress Development is conducting a feasibility study for the Clayton Valley Lithium Project in Nevada, USA. In this background, thyssenkrupp nucera has been selected to carry out the designing and engineering for a chlor-alkali plant which will help the project to self-generate two key reagents for processing lithium-bearing claystone in order to produce lithium carbonate products.