Metso’s new pilot plant has recently been launched in Frankfurt, Germany. The Circored pilot plant enables continuous pre-reduction using hydrogen as the sole reducing agent and integrates pre-heating, reduction, gas cleaning, and recirculation systems for hydrogen and dust, and features electric heaters to support nearly zero-carbon operation.

Air Products has delivered over 50 trailer loads of liquid hydrogen i.e. over 730,000 gallons in all to the world’s largest hydrogen sphere at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The hydrogen will be used to fuel Nasa’s Artemis missions, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon.

Roche’s US subsidiary Genentech has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina. The 700-million-dollar project is expected to support the production of the company’s future portfolio of metabolic medicines, including next-generation treatments for obesity.

With an aim to produce propylene directly from ethanol, Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new proprietary process for which it has constructed and also started operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works.

Tosoh Corporation has recently announced that it has developed a hydrocarbon‑based polymer electrolyte for polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis systems. The new electrolyte offers superior proton conductivity, higher gas barrier properties and lower hydrated state swelling as compared to conventional fluorinated polymer electrolyte materials.

Europe’s chemical industry is sliding into crisis as rising energy costs, weak demand, and dwindling investments force widespread plant shutdowns. Without swift policy intervention, the region risks losing its industrial backbone to competitors in lower cost, faster growing markets.

At this year Ifat-Fair, Vega will demonstrate how modern level and pressure measurement technology helps keep processes consistently stable and efficient. Interactive demonstrations will showcase the performance of the sensors under realistic operating conditions.

A consortium which consists of universities and private companies including Topsoe has developed a technology which has the potential to produce protein alternatives to feed 1 billion people annually.

Industrial plants are increasingly using smart and advanced technologies such as autonomous drones and autonomous robots to monitor plant operations, carry out internal plant inspections, enable predictive maintenance, track emissions as well as ensure the safety of their plant personnel. Combined, these innovations could revolutionize industrial plant monitoring and safety like never before.

Kent has partnered with Equilibrion to deliver the pre-feed for Eq.flight, an advanced power to liquids sustainable aviation fuel demonstration plant. The project is expected to demonstrate a highly integrated power-to-liquids SAF pathway using local electricity and heat inputs providing secure and stable production.