The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has released a statement in which it congratulates the new President of the USA Joe Biden for his win and also shares that the U.S. chemical manufacturers are ready to pursue solutions for a safer, healthier, stronger and more sustainable future.

According to the CPhI Annual Report, the growth of contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) has been curbed due to innovator drug approvals from mega cap pharma companies. However, the demand for contract clinical and recombinant vector manufacturing is growing.

Sirio Europe has invested in advanced manufacturing and green technologies for its Brandenburg facility in Germany. With the incorporation of these solutions, the company aims to substantially increase its CDMO production capacity as well as energy efficiency.

PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PRPP), a joint venture of PT Pertamina and Rosneft Oil Company will be using Grace’s Unipol PP Process Technology for its polypropylene facility in Indonesia. The plant will include two lines which are expected to produce 1160 KTA of polypropylene.

The world’s first blue ammonia shipment paves the way for utilising sustainable hydrogen and contributing to the circular carbon economy. The high-grade blue ammonia will be used in Japan for zero-carbon power generation.

Evonik’s maiden plant is currently being commissioned and construction work on the new complex is progressing well. With an investment of 473 million dollars, the project is the company’s largest investment till date.

Post the successful completion of the first phase of the Carbon2Chem Project in which Thyssenkrupp gained fundamental insights into the conversion of steel mill process gases into chemical products, the federal government has handed over a notice of 88 million dollars for the second phase of the project.

The ethylene cracking furnaces will be supplied to the Baltic chemical plant and will be used for a gas chemical complex which is part of a mega ethane-rich gas processing complex on the Gulf of Finland.

Lanxess and Saudi Aramco plan to establish a joint venture for synthetic rubber. The speciality chemicals company and Saudi Aramco subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company, will each hold a 50 % interest in the joint venture, with annual sales of approximately three billion Euro in 2014.

Launched virtually, the new facility located at the Visp site in Switzerland will be responsible for manufacturing antibody-drug conjugate drug-linkers. The plant will also strengthen the overall bioconjugation capabilities of the firm in the region.