Process excellence — Fette Compacting has been scoring points in the market for a long time. Now the market leader in tablet presses is going through a reinvention and presenting itself to the pharmaceutical, nutrition and chemical industry as a process partner for powder formulation and tableting. Why this is the way forward for the machine manufacturer?

With an aim to manufacture advanced and energy efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells for clean hydrogen production, Topsoe will be setting up a factory in Virginia, USA. The move follows the company receiving nearly 136 million dollars in federal Section 48C tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Merck has plans to sell its surface solutions business unit to Global New Material International Holdings for 665 million euros. With this move, Merck will use the net proceeds from the divestment to further strengthen its strategic core businesses.

With an aim to accelerate and scale green hydrogen production, Bekaert and Toshiba have collaborated for the membrane electrode assemblies technology which is a vital component for PEM electrolyzers.

The Finnish research institutes VTT and GTK together with industrial partner organizations are launching the pioneering research project Hydrogen Underground (HUG) focused on underground storage of hydrogen. This initiative represents the first public hydrogen storage endeavor of this scale in the country.

BASF has plans to sell its flocculants business for mining applications to Solenis. With this divestment, BASF aims to focus on core strategic areas.

Verdagy collaborated with Shell to successfully complete a rigorous safety review along with a detailed design and technology development review of Verdagy’s electrolyzers. These electrolyzers claim to provide the lowest levelized cost of hydrogen by combining high current densities, the widest operating range in the industry and fast response, to enable seamless coupling with renewable power sources.

Worley has been selected by Rock Tech Lithium as its EPCM partner for developing Europe's First Lithium Converter in Guben, Germany. On completion, the project is expected to have a capacity of 24,000 tons of lithium hydroxide per year.

An artificial intelligence autonomous well-control solution called Robowell has been deployed at the Nasr field offshore Abu Dhabi in the UAE. This technology uses AI algorithms to autonomously operate wells, maximize efficiency and minimize emissions.

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