Nextchem has recently inaugurated a new premises at its Myreplast 30,000 square-metre upcycling plant in Bedizzole, Italy. The new premises also includes a showroom with an immersive experience hall where clients can observe Myreplast's plastic upcycling process based on the proprietary NX Replast technology.

Under a MOU signed between Invista and Epoch Biodesign, both the companies will work together to advance the development of post-consumer recycled nylon 6,6. The partnership will combine Epoch’s AI-engineered recycling enzymes with Invista’s polymerization expertise and global footprint.

With a hefty investment of 111 million euros, Neste has successfully commissioned its new upgrading facility for liquified waste plastic (LWP) at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. Claimed to be the world’s largest LWP upgrading facility, the plant is expected to process up to 150,000 tons of LPW annually.

Borealis has plans to invest a whooping amount of 49 million euros in order to scale up polypropylene production at its manufacturing site in Burghausen, Germany.

The German Chancellor His Excellency Friedrich Merz recently visited Adnoc on his official visit to the UAE. The visit follows Adnoc’s acquisition of Germany’s chemical giant Covestro for 14.7-billion-euros.

Europe’s chemical industry is sliding into crisis as rising energy costs, weak demand, and dwindling investments force widespread plant shutdowns. Without swift policy intervention, the region risks losing its industrial backbone to competitors in lower cost, faster growing markets.

Spray Engineering Devices has awarded a contract to Lanzatech for developing a next generation ethanol facility using sugarcane bagasse. Expected to process up to 300 tons per day of bagasse, the facility will be established in Uttar Pradesh, India, and is a key component of the "SED Smart Village" concept.

Maag has introduced its new Duration cutting blade which features a new material called VS23. The material increases the hardness of the surface by up to 70 % thereby reducing wear rate.

BASF has introduced a modern amine catalyst – Lupragen N 208 to its portfolio of Lupragen amine catalysts for the production of polyurethane foams. The low-VOC polyurethane catalyst will be produced at the firm’s Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2026’ from all over the world. Right from BASF starting up its steam cracker at the Verbund site in China to Wood securing a contract for the world's first full-scale iron nitride permanent magnet plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.