Symrise has recently launched a new pentylene glycol production unit at its facility in Granada, Spain. With this project, the company offers European customers with a shorter supply chain for this solution.

Essar Energy Transition has successfully completed the Pre-Front End Engineering Design stage for one of the U.K.’s largest advanced sustainable aviation fuel production hubs. The Methanol to Jet project is expected to produce more than 200,000 tonnes per annum of advanced SAF and will be integrated within the company’s Stanlow refinery’s infrastructure.

Asahi Kasei has collaborated with Nippon Steel and Nippon Steel Trading to convert pure titanium scrap generated during the manufacturing of electrolysis cells into a raw material for pure titanium.

Lanzajet has awarded a feed contract to Fluor Corporation for developing a sustainable aviation fuel production hub in North Yorkshire, England. Named ‘Project Speedbird’, the initiative is a joint development between Lanzajet and British Airways.

With an investment of 16.4 million euros, Voestalpine and Verbund have plans to expand the world’s longest-running hydrogen pilot plant which will include the production, compression, purification, storage, loading, and further use of green hydrogen.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) are no longer fringe technologies — they are becoming central pillars of industrial decarbonization. As governments and companies face mounting pressure to achieve net‑zero emissions by 2050, the deployment of CCS/CCUS projects has accelerated worldwide. From chemicals to energy, industries are embracing carbon capture as a critical lever to reduce emissions.

Inox Air Products has commissioned an Ultra-High Purity Liquid Oxygen plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India. This move aims to strengthen the country’s semiconductor and solar ecosystem with indigenized 6N Ultra-High Purity Liquid Oxygen supply.

With an aim to strengthen its leadership in plastic additive solutions, BASF has plans to expand its production capacities for both standard and Nor Hals products. With the advanced Nor Hals platform, BASF addresses the key megatrends in the use of plastics: rising UV radiation, increasingly unpredictable weather conditions, and stricter environmental regulations.

Sidara, the Dubai-based engineering firm has successfully completed the acquisition of the multinational engineering and consulting company Wood Group. The move is in line with Sidara’s long-term strategic ambition of expanding and elevating its energy offering to clients worldwide.

Nova Sustainable Fuels has awarded a contract to Thyssenkrupp Uhde for performing an integration and optimization study for its biomass-to-methanol project in Nova Scotia, Canada. The study aims to quantify the value of Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s integrated process for the production of over 450,000 metric tons of methanol per year.