With an aim to reduce its carbon footprint, Solvay will now utilize natural gas to power its Green River soda ash unit in the USA. With this move, the firm has successfully completed a coal phase-out at the site.

Akzonobel has recently invested 26 million euros to develop a new manufacturing plant in Pakistan. The 25-acre site has facilities for making decorative paint, wood finishes, automotive and specialty coatings, coil coatings and protective coatings.

Yes, you read that right. Microbes are now being genetically engineered to produce animal-free proteins or fats that can be used to create a wide range of food products such as milk, cheese, ice-cream, yogurt, chocolates and even egg proteins. This innovative and sustainable process is currently being explored by the food industry as it helps to lower greenhouse gas emissions significantly as compared to the more traditional method in which cattle and hens are domesticated to obtain milk and eggs respectively.

Plug Power has re-started operations at its existing hydrogen plant in Tennessee, USA. With this move, the firm has begun producing about ten tons per day of liquid hydrogen.

The mega and fully automatic sorting plant will produce feedstock for chemical recycling. OMV will invest 170 plus million euros to build the plant which is expected to have a capacity of up to 260,000 tonnes per year in Walldürn, Germany.

Japanese diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei has made an investment in Ionomr Innovations, a Canadian start-up that manufactures anion exchange membrane (AEM).

Hyundai Engineering & Construction has awarded a contract to Lummus Technology for supplying eight Short Residence Time ethylene cracking heaters at Satorp’s Amiral petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia.

Ima Life is proud to have made a significant contribution to the inauguration of Bayer’s latest facility in Berlin, Germany by supplying the most advanced aseptic processing technologies and implementing high-tech robotics for superior efficiency, flexibility and performance.

The world's first PET biorecycling plant will be built in Longlaville, France and is expected to have a processing capacity of 50,000 tons of post-consumer PET waste per year. Carbios' technology will be used for the enzymatic depolymerization of PET waste while De Smet will be in charge of project management and detailed engineering for the project.

The U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry recently discussed the decarbonization of the world's heavy-emitting sectors with Norwegian members of the First Movers Coalition in Oslo.