With this acquisition, Repsol has plans to enter the biomethane market. The agreement between Repsol and Genia Bioenergy includes 19 of its biomethane plants which are under development, with a total capacity of 1.5TWh per year, which will generate renewable gas from agricultural and livestock waste in Spain and Portugal.

Nouryon has recently announced that it has obtained the ISCC Plus certification for green ethylene oxide, ethanolamines, and ethylene amines. This certification will enable the company to produce more sustainable surfactants.

The same developments happening in the rest of the world are also reshaping laboratories: the increasing use of technology, digital tools and, of course, robots and artificial intelligence (AI). All these trends often go hand in hand with a greater awareness of environmental issues. In this trend report, we present a summary of the fruits these developments are already bearing and will bear in the future.

Under binding agreements signed between Siegfried and Curia Global, Siegfried will acquire a CDMO specialized in early-phase development and manufacturing services in Grafton, Wisconsin. The new CDMO site is expected to strengthen Siegfried’s customer offering for Drug Substances.

With chemical and chemical processing industries aiming to forge ahead in their automation and digitalization drive to develop their respective ‘Factory of the future’ or ‘Smart factory’, one thing is certain – it can’t be done without the use of robots at least for the time being. The concept of robots is not new but they have been transformed time and again to meet the challenges of today’s industrial plants especially with regard to plant inspection as well as maintenance and it won’t be wrong to term this phase as the ‘return and rise of robots.’

After successful editions in the Middle East and Europe, the Plastics Recycling Show is all set to debut in India. The show which is scheduled to be held in Mumbai aims at promoting responsible plastic usage and waste management.

Transform Materials has partnered with Johnson Matthey to develop a solution that emits fewer carbon emissions when compared to traditional coal-based processes to produce vinyl chloride monomer for PVC production.

India’s largest Chlor-Alkali project is commissioned by Mundra Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. With a capacity of 2200 TPD and utilizing a 100 % NaOH process, the project is expected to play a vital role in the production of feedstocks for Mundra Petrochemical’s refineries and chemical plants.

AFC Energy has designed, built and commissioned the cracker demonstration plant which will deliver 140 tonnes of fuel cell grade hydrogen per annum. The demonstration is claimed to be the world’s largest ‘ammonia to hydrogen’ modular cracker demonstration in operation.

Organosulfur skeletons are crucial in many fields, including pharmaceuticals and electronics. Synthesizing organosulfur skeletons requires o-bromobenzenethiols. However, conventional methods face challenges due to quick oxidation and formation of highly reactive intermediates. In a new study, researchers from Japan developed a new method for synthesizing o-bromobenzenethiols from aryne intermediates via bromothiolation. This method can pave the way for the synthesis of new organosulfur compounds with applications in diverse fields.