Brasil Biofuels has awarded Haldor Topsoe with a technology contract for its new biorefinery in Manaus, Brazil. Under the terms of the agreement, Topsoe will provide its Hydroflex and H2bridge technologies for the production of sustainable aviation fuel and second-generation biofuel at the biorefinery.

Merck has heavily invested in its biosafety testing capacity at Rockville, Maryland, USA and this is claimed to be the largest investment in contract testing in Merck’s history. The move was undertaken in the background of growing demand for these services.

Under a MOU signed between OMV and Wood, both the parties will work together for the commercial licensing of OMV’s proprietary chemical recycling technology – Reoil technology which has the capability to convert end-of-life plastic waste into pyrolysis oil in order to produce high-quality, sustainable plastics.

With an aim to expand its business in Asia, Biontech has acquired one of Novartis’ GMP-certified manufacturing facilities in Singapore. With this move, the company intends to establish its first mrna facility in the country.

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.

SK Geo Centric (SKGC) and Purecycle Technologies have plans to develop the landmark project in Ulsan, South Korea. The facility is expected to have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons once complete and will help SKGC to supply a premium recycled plastic resin to the market.

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.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Components & Solutions is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. With one of the largest storage facilities in Europe for vacuum components, the company caters to domestic as well as global clients.

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.

Solvay and Iberdrola Renouvelables France have plans to enter into a 20-year corporate power purchase agreement under which Iberdrola will supply 60 % of the produced green electricity to Solvay’s industrial sites in Tavaux and Saint Fons in France.