Under a MOU signed between Ineos and Plastic Energy, both the companies will produce 100,000 tonnes of recycled raw materials from plastic waste and create virgin-quality polymers. The partners will also explore the construction of a commercial-scale plant.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2022’ from all over the world. Right from developing North America’s biggest PVDF facility for battery materials to establishing the world’s largest integrated polymers facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

A consortium including Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4 Impact VC and Asahi Kasei have invested a total of 11-million-euros into Circularise, a start-up firm, to accelerate a circular economy for the polymers and chemicals industry.

At a soon to be held trade fair, Maag Group’s acquired French tool manufacturing firm AMN DPI will be showcasing a complete AMN Central Injection System (CIS) consisting of a 1500 mm diameter die plate with a central water injection and sword shaped knives.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for high-performance plastics, Exxonmobil has started up its new polypropylene production unit at the Polyolefins Plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. The new facility is expected to double the firm’s polypropylene production at Baton Rouge.

With an increasing demand for sustainable polymers in the automotive industry, Solvay has decided to expand its polyphthalamide resin capacity by 15 % at its manufacturing site in Augusta, Georgia, USA. The company is also investing in new breakthrough PPA resins for e-mobility with this move.

The French start-up firm Ostium has partnered with Solvay to carry out mechanical recycling of single-use surgical instruments molded in glass-fiber reinforced Ixef polyacrylamide. The move aims to develop a circular ecosystem as well as reduce the carbon footprint of these instruments.

With the acquisition, Maag Pump Systems will form a new integrated Gear Pumps business unit which will be led by the Managing Director and former owner of Witte Pumps & Technology. The deal is expected to expand Maag’s product portfolio, enhance its technical and manufacturing capabilities and also extend its global footprint.

Nouryon’s Lumatreat tagged polymer products have been granted a US patent and the innovative solution assists customers to measure the available deposit-control agents in water treatment systems and reduce polymer and water usage during treatment.

The Maag Group will exhibit numerous solutions at a soon-to-be-held Italian trade fair including a high-performance melt filter for the filtration of heavily contaminated polymer feedstock, an underwater pelletizing system designed for high throughputs of virgin polymer production, an innovation in strand pelletizing, and a stand-alone system to monitor pumps.