OMV Petrom has begun construction work for developing a sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the Petrobrazi refinery in Brazi, Romania. On completion, the project is expected to have an annual capacity of 250,000 tons.

Merck has partnered with Lenovo and Equinix to successfully launch a high-performance computer in Munich, Germany. The computer is capable of accelerating research across diverse sectors such as life science, healthcare and electronics.

Watlow will be showcasing its latest intelligent control and power management technologies at the upcoming trade event SPS 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany. The company will also demonstrate its Edge Process Management Data platform and Powernode controller at the show.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that it has achieved the target performance of over 99.5 vol % ethanol purity, which meets domestic fuel standards, at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the Nagasaki District Research & Innovation Center in Japan.

A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held by Dupont for its new Molykote specialty lubricants manufacturing plant in China. The new plant is expected to deliver next-generation lubricant solutions with speed and precision.

Aramco collaborated with Pasqal to deploy Saudi Arabia's first quantum computer and the Middle East's first quantum computer dedicated to industrial applications. The move marks a crucial step in building regional expertise and accelerating the development of quantum applications across the energy, materials, and industrial sectors in the Middle East.

Founder and chairman of Ineos Sir Jim Ratcliffe says that the moment of reckoning has finally arrived for Europe’s chemical industry. It is at a tipping point and only urgent action can save it, he comments.

Under a definitive agreement signed between Carbios and Wankai New Materials, both the companies will work together for the large-scale deployment of Carbios’ PET biorecycling technology in Asia. This will also include the development of a PET biorecycling plant in China.

Eni has filed an application for Environmental Impact Assessment and aims to convert its existing Hydrocracker unit using the Ecofining technology. It will also develop a pre-treatment unit for waste and residues.

The Associated Gas Upstream Project Phase 2 is a part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project in Iraq which is operated by Total Energies, BOC and Qatar Energy. KBR has been selected by Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi to provide detailed engineering design services for Agup2.