Under a license amendment signed between Haldia Petrochemicals and Lummus Technology, both the parties will work together to expand phenol production capacity for the upcoming Phenol and Acetone Plant in Haldia, West Bengal, India.

Invista has launched its new 13-million-dollar technology hub and research and development center in Houston, USA. The nearly 40,000-square-foot facility will have more than 50 members of R&D, Engineering and Advanced Process Control teams supporting Invista’s global technology needs in the chemical intermediates and polymer product lines.

BASF’s Performance Materials Division has converted all of its European sites to run completely on renewable electricity. The changeover applies to the compounding of Engineering Plastics, Polyurethanes and Thermoplastic Polyurethanes and Specialty Polymers.

There is a wealth of knowledge hidden in operational data. However, the utilization often fails due to the fact that the data lies decentralized and unstructured in various data silos. Standardization, contextualization, and a unified data platform are key to becoming a data-driven company. Three very different companies in the process industry demonstrate how they have approached this and what results they have achieved.

UGS Europe has developed a compact system concept for biogas upgrading. The solution focuses on cost optimization, functionality as well as user-friendliness and meets the growing demand for advanced biogas upgrading systems across the European market.

Industry players have come up with innovative new technologies such as chemical recycling to ensure that even hard-to-recycle plastics can be recycled by converting it into raw materials in order to create new virgin plastic products. Not only this, entire value chains can now be sustainably transformed by utilizing not only recycled feedstocks but also renewable feedstocks for the production of plastics.

Researchers have recently concluded a research project wherein they investigated different technologies for producing renewable plastic raw materials from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen.

The “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” innovation award was presented at the international CCU conference in Cologne. Three technologies were honored for converting CO2 into high-quality products such as graphite, polyurethanes, and methanol, thereby making a decisive contribution to industrial decarbonization.

The Antwerp platform is an important industrial site for Total Energies and the company plans to reconfigure its petrochemicals operations to strengthen its competitiveness and to meet market challenges.

A breakthrough enzyme discovered in Brazil could transform biofuel production. Named Celoce, the natural protein efficiently breaks down cellulose — one of biomass's toughest components — offering a powerful new tool for producing second-generation ethanol from agricultural waste.