Itochu has been selected for Japan’s ‘Imported Neat SAF Model Demonstration Project’ under which the company will import neat SAF from Neste and demonstrate its blending with fossil jet fuel. This is Japan’s first import of neat SAF.

The acquisition of the biotech firm Targenomix, a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, will assist Bayer in its Crop Science R&D as the start-up will provide novel systems biology approaches for innovative crop protection discovery.

Claimed to be the largest cathode manufacturing plant in the USA, the project will be built in Clarksville, Tennessee and is expected to produce 120,000 tons of cathode material every year by 2027 which will be used in next-generation batteries for electric vehicles.

Enablers of production – Same old in the “pump halls”? Not this time! If the production of tomorrow wants to truly unleash its efficiency potentials, pump experts are challenged. In fact, the largest exhibitor group at Achema is more innovative and digital than ever before.

Many suppliers in the pharmaceutical production industry want to move away from individual machines and towards complete systems, even though the turnkey segment is just as competitive. In this interview by PROCESS PharmaTEC, Thomas Fricke, Commercial Director at Ima Pharma, reveals the company’s competitive positioning, where he sees the company’s strengths and why he needs to keep a close eye on Chinese competitors.

Siemens has introduced a new 4.0 version of the web-based process control system Simatic PCS which can be used for process plants of any size. It has also launched a new hardware platform for the process control system – the Simatic S7-4100 controller generation and the Simatic CN 4100 communication node.

Natron Energy and Arxada have announced the world’s first large-scale production of battery grade prussian blue materials at Arxada’s plant in Visp, Switzerland. The plant will supply the materials to Natron Energy in order to develop a battery capacity of up to 600 MW every year.

Air Liquide has sold its Industrial Merchant Business in Saudi Arabia to Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment. With this deal, the company plans to focus on large industries and emerging new opportunities in clean hydrogen and energy transition in the GCC region especially Saudi Arabia.

Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, Chimei and Mitsubishi Corporation have come together to develop a unique renewable plastics supply chain which will make use of bio-based hydrocarbons (Neste Re) for the production of styrene monomer (bio-SM), and its mass balanced renewable plastics derivatives including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (bio-ABS) for the production of renewable plastics.

Nuberg EPC has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction management service contract for developing Chemfab Alkalis’ 250 TPD Chlor-Alkali plant project in Karaikal, Puducherry, India. The EPC firm has plans to use the latest bi-polar membrane-based electrolysis system technology for the project.