Invista has launched its new 13-million-dollar technology hub and research and development center in Houston, USA. The nearly 40,000-square-foot facility will have more than 50 members of R&D, Engineering and Advanced Process Control teams supporting Invista’s global technology needs in the chemical intermediates and polymer product lines.

Sherma Ellis-Daal, Brand Director at Pharmapack shares her views on the pharmaceutical packaging sector, the latest industry trends that were witnessed at Pharmapack Europe, Europe's leading packaging and drug delivery event, as well as the potential opportunities for the pharma packaging sector in Europe in the next 5–10 years. Read on to know more…

The Science Based Targets initiative (Sbti) has approved Ørsted’s new 2030 climate targets which covers the full value chain emissions (scope 1-3) and aligns with the 1.5C pathway.

Under a long-term contract with Wanhua Chemical Group, Air Liquide will invest close to 60 million euros to take over and operate the Group’s Air Separation Unit in Yantai, China. With this move, Air Liquide will start supplying industrial and medical gases in the city of Yantai and also reinforce its presence in the region of Shandong.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company has joined the methanol fueling project in Yokohama, Japan under which it will work on a simulation of methanol bunkering from Kokuka Sangyo’s methanol bunkering vessel to a container ship operated by Maersk at the Port of Yokohama.

The H2Teesside project is claimed to be one of the UK’s largest low-carbon hydrogen production facilities. Technip Energies is expected to utilize its in-house expertise and global best practices to design a large-scale project, integrating hydrogen and carbon capture technologies.

Claimed to be the world’s first biorefinery for the production of hardwood-based biochemicals, UPM Biochemicals has selected Bilfinger as its maintenance partner for the landmark project.

EPC Engineering & Technologies has partnered with Avantium to commercialize the continuous polymerization of PEF (PEF cpol Technology). For this, Avantium and EPC will integrate their respective technologies and processes, together with the solid state polymerization of Polymetrix.

Kuwait Oil Company has awarded KBR with an advisory consulting contract regarding the development of a country wide masterplan for the production of 17 GW of renewables and 25 GW of green hydrogen by 2050.

The innovative enzymatic esterification technology has the potential to revolutionize ester production by significantly reducing energy consumption and enhancing product quality through environmentally friendly biocatalysis, at a competitive cost-in-use of the enzyme.