The carbon capture and storage project, Northern Lights is expected to be the maiden storage project site across the globe to receive CO2 from industrial sources located in different European countries.

Clariant has inaugurated the waste water treatment plant at the zero liquid discharge site, Bonthapally in India. The plant is expected to treat 300 kilolitres of waste water per day.

The new China facility is expected to add 8,000 metric tonnes of annual fumed silica capacity to Cabot’s global network. With this move, the company claims to become the largest provider of fumed silica in the Chinese market.

The Hydrogen Manufacturing Unit (HMU) will be built on the Tabangao refinery in Batangas, Philippines. The move follows a long term contract signed between Air Liquide Philippines and Pilipinas Shell for supplying hydrogen to Shell’s Tabangao refinery.

A number of exhibitors in "pharmaceutical and packaging Halls" 1 and 3 at Achema have taken aim at small lot sizes and reliable containment and offer efficient solutions which support the trend towards personalized medicine. Some companies are also positioning themselves as Industry 4.0 pioneers.

Lyondell Basell announced its Knapsack-site in Germany is now the world’s largest polypropylene compounding facility. The manufacturing site earned the new title with the startup of its fifth production line.

Mexichem has recently announced that it has changed its name to Orbia. The company has also introduced its new innovative logo concept – the Impact Mark which aims to measure the firm’s progress against six factors related to people, planet, and profit.

Borealis has held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant. Located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium, the new facility will have a targeted production capacity of 750,000 metric tonnes per year of propylene.

Hyosung aims to become among the top three producers of carbon fibers in the world. With the heavy investment, the firm plans to expand its production capacity from the current 2,000 metric tonnes a year to 24,000 metric tonnes.

Covestro has entered into an agreement with Serafin Group to sell its polycarbonate sheets business in Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, the deal will also comprise the firm’s manufacturing units in Belgium and Italy, central management operations and sales support in the region.