LG Chem has begun the construction of the largest cathode material facility in the United States. Located in Tennessee, the plant is capable of producing cathode materials for approximately 600,000 high-performance pure electric vehicles.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of December 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Ørsted starting work on Denmark’s first carbon capture project to Fluor securing two contracts for the world’s first net-zero ethylene cracker and derivatives complex, find out all the projects making headlines here

Limeco has awarded a feasibility study to Aker Carbon Capture for developing its new waste-to-energy plant in Dietikon, Switzerland. CCS is expected to play a vital role in the country’s waste-to-energy plant.

Aiming to reduce carbon emissions, Sabic and Linde Engineering have teamed up to decarbonize the SD Ethylene Glycol Process. Sabic is committed to carbon neutrality by 2050, in line with Paris Agreement goals, through various pathways including carbon capture and utilization.

To build the world's first carbon-neutral soda ash plant in Neom, Saudi Arabia, Enowa joins forces with Solvay. Set to operate by 2030, this pioneering facility aims to establish a new global standard in sustainable soda ash production, integrating the innovative e.Solvay process.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Solvay developing an electric furnace at its silica plant in France to Exxonmobil’s technology being selected for a demonstration plant in the Neom project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde has won a basic engineering package and front-end engineering design package from Gulf Biopolymers Industries for the first large biopolymer plant in the Mena region. The plant is expected to produce polylactic acid polymer in large-scale volumes.

Quadra Energy is one of the top three aggregators of renewable electricity production in Germany. With this deal, Totalenergies aims to further strengthen its integrated power business in the European country.

Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a feasibility study for an e-fuel project in Finland. The company plans to integrate its standardized and modularized carbon capture units into the e-fuel process at a waste-to-energy facility.

In the chemical industry, research facilities create the link between laboratory development and industrial-scale production. Flexible plants comprising multiple areas are sites of innovation and testing, acting as stepping stones for subsequent scale-up. When Evonik Industries was looking to modernize such a plant at the Wolfgang Industrial Park in Hanau, Germany, it was the perfect place to use Simatic PCS neo, the completely web-based process control system from Siemens.