Topsoe’s Hydroflex and H2bridge technologies have been chosen for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel production at Riograndense’s Rio Grande renewable fuels plant in Brazil. With this move, the company aims to produce 16,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.

Located at MOL’s Százhalombatta refinery in Hungary, the 10 MW facility is claimed to be the largest green hydrogen plant in Central and Eastern Europe. The plant is expected to produce 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen per year which will be used for fuel production.

Nextchem has recently launched its new high-tech engineering center – NX Engineering District in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The new center in Catania will employ more than 200 highly skilled engineers and technicians to develop technological solutions for the energy transition.

BP and Iberdrola have announced a final investment decision to develop a 25 MW green hydrogen project at BP's Castellón refinery in Spain. The project has secured funding of 15 million euros from the Spanish Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, with funding allocated by Nextgeneration EU.

Odva recently announced that level sensors are the latest option for process device profiles to be added to The Ethernet/IP Specification. Process device profiles help users to reduce complexity and to more quickly install new devices in the event of an unplanned replacement.

There is a wealth of knowledge hidden in operational data. However, the utilization often fails due to the fact that the data lies decentralized and unstructured in various data silos. Standardization, contextualization, and a unified data platform are key to becoming a data-driven company. Three very different companies in the process industry demonstrate how they have approached this and what results they have achieved.

Calling all industries to decarbonize, decarbonize and decarbonize. We are living in a world where decarbonization is no longer an option but a core necessity. Although there are many industrial projects that have made headlines for decarbonizing their operations but we take a look at three upcoming mega projects that can be considered as landmark projects of recent times.

From June 2025, OQ Chemicals has plans to begin heptanoic acid production in Oberhausen, Germany. With this, the company aims to strengthen its carboxylic acid portfolio and enhance supply chain security for its customers.

Under a MOU signed between Solvay and Hankook, both the companies will work together to develop circular silica from bio-sourced and waste sourcing for tire production.

With an aim to serve the growing APAC market, Kemira has plans to make a multi-million Euro investment in multiple production line expansion of strength chemical agents for paper, board and tissue at its Wellgrow site in Thailand.