Under a global licensing agreement signed between Topsoe and Steeper, both the parties will work together to introduce a complete waste-to-fuel solution. Steeper’s proprietary Hydrofaction technology and Topsoe’s unique technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production will be used for the development of the solution.

Topsoe and Fidelis have formed a global alliance for technology used in the production of carbon neutral hydrogen. Topsoe’s hydrogen process portfolio along with Fidelis’ H2 technology will be paired in the alliance in order to reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions involved in hydrogen production.

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.

Air Liquide’s autothermal reforming technology has been chosen by Inpex Corporation for Japan’s first demonstration project which aims to produce low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia. Once combined with carbon capture technology, autothermal reforming can achieve higher energy efficiency, lower investments and a production process which can assist in capturing up to 99 % of carbon in integrated industrial units.

Located in Hanau, Germany, Evonik’s new GMP facility will produce pharmaceutical lipids for advanced and pharmaceutical drug delivery applications. It will also offer lipids for clinical and small-scale commercial manufacturing.

Bilfinger has been selected by The Lapwing Estate to develop a pilot plant. The new unit will be a part of the ‘reverse coal process’ developed by The Lapwing Estate. The process aims to convert CO2 emissions back into solid carbon while producing food with measurable positive environmental and social impact.

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.

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.

The Serum Institute of India (SII) has been producing more than 20 different types of vaccines and supplying it to numerous countries across the globe since ages but it was the biopharma company’s Covid-19 vaccine that made headlines amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. With state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, the production facilities at the firm’s Pune site in India meet the highest standards of various regulatory agencies. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into the world’s biggest vaccine factory.

The CPHI Pharma Awards 2023 has opened for entries and it invites global innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs and social leaders to participate in it. The Award show has launched three new categories –accelerating innovation, start-ups and being at the heart of pharma.