With a whooping investment of 4+ billion euros, Project One—Europe’s most sustainable cracker—is the largest investment in the region’s chemical sector in the past 2 decades. The project is expected to produce 1.5 million tonnes of ethylene annually and will have a carbon footprint of less than half of the 10 % best-performing steam crackers in Europe!

Agilyx’s proprietary polystyrene recycling technology Styrenyx has the capacity to reduce carbon equivalent emissions by 38 % using average grid electricity and 86 % using wind electricity as compared to the traditional process of styrene production.

Claimed to be one of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps for CO2-free steam generation, BASF and GIG Karasek have recently broken ground for the project at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany.

MOL Group has successfully completed another SAF and HVO production test at the Rijeka Refinery in Croatia. The pilot project was implemented in cooperation with Chevron Lummus Global with the aim of testing the co-processing of 5 % Pome with fossil feedstocks.

The pilot plant has the capacity to recycle complex waste streams from end-of-life vehicles via chemical recycling in order to produce raw materials for new vehicle components such as foam for steering wheels.

Jenn Klein has been appointed as Socma’s new President & Chief Executive Officer. She currently serves as President of the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council and will assume her new role on January 12, 2026.

Arkema has obtained ISCC Plus certification for all of its acrylic monomer facilities across the globe. With this certification, the company will be able to support easy, fast and cost-effective lower product carbon footprint projects from customers across the acrylic value chain.

The Middle East is known as the epicenter of fossil fuel production but the region aims to transform this image by developing revolutionary decarbonization projects in order to cut down carbon emissions and ultimately achieve the goal of net zero emissions.

Hydropulse has entered into a partnership with Eternal Power to fast-track the deployment of industrial hydrogen projects across Germany. With this deal, the two companies aim to merge Hydropulse’s technology access and unique “hydrogen-as-a-service” model with Eternal Power’s on-the-ground development expertise and customer access.

Chevron Phillips Chemical has successfully completed the expansion of its low viscosity polyalphaolefins production unit in Beringen, Belgium. With this project, the company has considerably increased its manufacturing capacity in Europe.