Godavari Biorefineries has launched a new specialty biochemical plant in Maharashtra, India. With this project, the company aims to produce biobased chemicals in order to support the green and net-zero ambitions of its worldwide customers.

Trillium Renewable Chemicals has chosen Ineos Nitriles’ Green Lake facility in Port Lavaca, Texas to develop the world’s first demonstration plant for converting plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile. Named ‘Project Falcon’, the project is expected to commence operations in early 2025.

At the opening ceremony of Achema, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Dr. Robert Habeck, along with other leaders from the financial sector, the chemical industry and suppliers offered insights about how the process industry is positioning itself within new global framework conditions and wrapped up the session by suggesting that international cooperation is the need of the hour in order to overcome the many challenges faced by the process industry.

Ilaria Fumagalli has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Steriline after her father and Founder of the company Gerardo Fumagalli decided to step down. However, he will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Fumagalli’s son Federico Fumagalli has also been appointed as the firm’s Chief Sales Officer.

How can precious metals be recovered safely and efficiently from ores, electronic scrap or waste products? Hecht Technologie has developed a customised containment solution.

Braskem has officially inaugurated its new Renewable Innovation Center in Massachusetts, USA. The center aims to focus on accelerating early-stage innovations in renewable chemicals and sustainable materials.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Merck and Siemens have decided to expand their cooperation in Smartfacturing. With this, Siemens has become a preferred global supplier and strategic partner for Smartfacturing technologies, paving the way for transformative projects across Merck's three business sectors.

MOL Group along with its joint venture partners Socar and BP have entered into commercial agreements for the development of gas reserves in the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field in Azerbaijan. MOL is the third largest shareholder in the ACG field, where non-associated gas reservoirs were identified beneath and above the oil producing reservoirs.

Under an agreement signed between both the parties, Total Energies will supply up to 1.5 million tons of additional SAF to Air France-KLM Group airlines over a 10-year period until 2035. In 2022, Total Energies had agreed to supply 800,000 tons of SAF to the airline.

Located in Germany, Gascontec is an innovative company which specializes in technology development and process engineering. With this acquisition, Nextchem will strengthen its commercial offering in low-carbon, green and circular solutions.