Solvay has inaugurated its new bio-circular silica facility at its plant in Livorno, Italy. The new unit will produce highly dispersible silica using bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash, an agricultural byproduct.

Plug Power has successfully completed the first phase of its hydrogen supply delivery of 44.5 metric tons for the Hydrogen Cavern Storage Transition project which is a joint project led by Gasunie and Storag Etzel in Germany.

Plug Power has secured a Front-End Engineering Design contract to supply a 275 MW Geneco PEM electrolyzer system to Hy2gen Canada’s Courant project. The project is expected to be one of North America’s largest decarbonized ammonium nitrate facilities.

Under a MOU signed between Lkab and Hitachi Energy, both the companies will work together to support Lkab's electrification and transition to a fossil-free future. Under the terms of the contract, Hitachi Energy is delivering the technology and equipment for electrical power management for a sponge iron production demo project in Sweden.

Thyssenkrupp Nucera has recently announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of vital technology assets from Green Hydrogen Systems. The deal includes intellectual property as well as a test facility with a full-size prototype in Skive, Denmark.

A throwback to a trade show that made one thing clear: the future of aseptic technology is contactless, data-driven, and within reach. At CPHI 2025 in Frankfurt, it became obvious where pharmaceutical production is headed. Where gloves used to be mandatory in isolators, robots, AI, and contactless systems are now taking over – more precise, safer, and more sustainable than ever before.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Pacifico Mexinol project in Mexico marks the start of one of the most significant global industrial investments in blue and ultra-low carbon methanol.

Under a joint venture, Evonik and Fuhua have successfully completed the construction of its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) facility in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. With this project, both the parties aim to purify industrial-grade H2O2 into specialty grades to serve high-growth markets in the region.

Air Products and Yara are in advanced talks to collaborate on low-emission ammonia projects in the U.S.A and Saudi Arabia with Yara’s world-scale ammonia network.

Evonik Fuhua New Materials (Sichuan) Co. is the newly formed joint venture company between Evonik and Fuhua. The firm will produce as well as market hydrogen peroxide in China.