Trinseo’s takeover of Arkema’s polymethyl methacrylates and activated methyl methacrylates business is key to the company’s strategy of transforming its portfolio to a specialty solutions provider. The move is also expected to enable the firm to concentrate on future PMMA growth markets.

Grön Fuels has selected Haldor Topsoe’s H2bridge bio-hydrogen and hydroflex technology for its new multi-billion low carbon intensity complex in Louisiana, USA. Once completed, the mega facility is expected to produce 60,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel.

Under a MOU signed between Linde and Snam, both the companies will promote key technologies used across the hydrogen value chain and also develop joint investment opportunities in commercial projects.

Jose Carlos Corral Montilla has succeeded Dr. Marko Grozdanovic to become BTC Europe’s new Managing Director and Vice President. The company is BASF’s European sales organisation which focuses on specialty chemicals.

Eni and Saipem have recently signed a memorandum of understanding to identify and engineer decarbonisation initiatives and projects in Italy. The companies will aim to focus on identifying possible partnership opportunities for carbon capture, utilisation and storage of CO2 produced by industrial regions in the country.

ABB and Corys have entered into a MOU for advancing digital twin modeling and simulation technology across energy and process industries. With this move, the companies aim to reduce capital and operational costs as well as risks for its customers.

Yara has plans to produce 500,000 tonnes per annum of green ammonia in Norway. The move is expected to support the hydrogen economy in the region. The company also has plans to fully electrify its ammonia plant in Porsgrunn which has the potential to reduce 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.

Cargill, Ifpen, Axens have come together to commercialise Procter & Gamble’s lactic-to-acrylic-acid technology, which Cargill has licensed. This year, Cargill has plans to produce more than 6 million tonnes of petro-based acrylic acid and aims to make use of renewable sources for its production.

BASF’s Durasorb Cryo-HRU technology proves to be an effective solution for the removal of trace heavy hydrocarbons (HHCs) and water from lean natural gas feeds for cryogenic processing. The technology can be used for new units as well as retrofits.

Arcanum Infrastructure is using Axens’ Alpha Butol technology to produce 1-Butene at its Raven 1-Butene plant in Texas, USA. This project is the first startup for Axens on American soil.