Under the new partnership, Emerson will supply control systems, software and engineering services to Lanxess which will assist the company to digitally transform its production units as well as optimize its operational performance and also help to meet its sustainability targets.

Tata Chemicals Europe has launched the first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant in the UK. The plant is expected to capture 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. Also, CO2 captured from energy generation emissions is being purified to food and pharmaceutical grade which will then be used as a raw material to produce sodium bicarbonate.

Energy company Shell has been selected by Qatar Energy as a partner in the North Field East expansion project in Qatar, the single largest project in the history of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

With an increasing demand for sustainable polymers in the automotive industry, Solvay has decided to expand its polyphthalamide resin capacity by 15 % at its manufacturing site in Augusta, Georgia, USA. The company is also investing in new breakthrough PPA resins for e-mobility with this move.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, CF Industries and Lotte Chemical will jointly explore the production of clean ammonia in the U.S. along with long-term clean ammonia offtake into South Korea.

Carbios has secured building and operating permits for developing the world’s first Pet biorecycling plant in Longlaville, France. The unit will be located adjacent to Indorama Ventures’ existing Pet production plant.

Ima has recently launched Open Lab – a network of the company’s technological laboratories and testing areas, dedicated to research on sustainable materials, technologies and production optimization processes.

Extremely long life cycles are typical for many plants in the process industry. With the new version 3.1 of Simatic PCS neo, Siemens has completely rethought the plant life cycles in the process industry and, in addition to a variety of new functions, the completely web-based process control system shows how the challenges of long life cycles will be mastered in the future. Users of all process technology sectors already benefit from it today.

The green hydrogen cluster will be developed in the Valencia region of Spain in order to make the region a leader in green hydrogen production. The project will include production of green hydrogen at BP’s Castellón refinery.

With Chemours’ growing hydrogen economy business, the company has plans to explore capacity investments in ionomers which will further support the development of water electrolysis and fuel cells.