In collaboration with the U.S. Government, Evonik has plans to develop a new world-scale lipid production facility at the company’s Tippecanoe site in Lafayette, Indiana, USA for Mrna-based therapies.

Evonik has expanded the manufacturing capacity of Tegosoft MM MB in China. The company’s Care Solutions organics plant, as a second site, will now be producing this product which will assist the firm to cater to the strong Asia Pacific market with ease.

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.

Shell has decided to temporarily pause on-site construction at its biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam in the Netherlands. With an expected capacity of 820,000 tonnes a year, the project has been put on hold to address project delivery and ensure future competitiveness given current market conditions.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals has plans to takeover Apeiron Biologics for 100 million dollars in cash. Apeiron Biologics is a firm that holds royalty rights to Qarziba (dinutuximab beta) for the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma.

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?

Zymochem has introduced Bayse – the world's first scalable, 100 % bio-based, and biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer. This innovation is expected to revolutionize the 145-billion-dollar global hygiene industry.

Equinor has awarded a front-end engineering design (Feed) contract to SLB Onesubsea for a 12-well, all-electric Subsea Production Systems project in the Fram Sør field, offshore Norway. The project is expected to accelerate the global adoption of electric subsea technology and reduce emissions from subsea operations.

Under an agreement signed between Cepsa Química and the Persán group, Cepsa Química will use 100 % renewable diesel to transport chemical product supplies to Persán. With this move, both the companies aim to avoid the emission of around 126 tons of CO2 annually.

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.