Under a long-term contract signed between both the parties, Air Liquide will supply additional hydrogen and carbon monoxide to Kumho Mitsui Chemical (KMCI) in South Korea in order to expand its methyl diphenyl diisocyanate production.

Retsch’s new Planetary Ball Mill PM 300 offers a maximum speed of 800 rpm and generates an extremely high size reduction energy which proves useful for rapid sample pulverization.

Trinseo’s cell cast acrylic manufacturing facility is located in Mexico and the acquisition of this plant by Plaskolite is expected to strengthen its presence in the North American market.

Under a long-term agreement between both the parties, BASF and Tenova Advanced Technologies (TAT) will work together to develop a battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. TAT’s novel process for the recovery and production of lithium will be used for the recycling process.

Versalis is in the final stages of acquiring Novamont, a company specializing in chemicals from renewable business. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its business portfolio.

The Ima Group has recently announced that its Pharmaceutical divisions will be present at Achema 2022 to exhibit its ‘All-In-One Pharma’ range of solutions as well as a few projects aimed at sustainability and digitalization.

Neste has partnered with Suntory, Eneos and Mitsubishi Corporation to supply its renewable feedstock made from 100 % bio-based raw materials for the production of PET resins. Suntory, the Japanese beverage company will then use the PET resins to produce PET bottles.

Digital twins are either a must-have for any self-respecting engineering consultant; or they are dismissed as the latest shiny object dreamed up by VC-fueled ‘constructech’ mania. On the one hand, digital twins are important enough to warrant their own National Digital Twin Day; on the other, proponents are accused of ‘digital-twin-washing’ Bim just like they ‘green-washed’ their eco-sustainability credentials, driven by fear of missing out.

Saudi Aramco and Linde Engineering have plans to develop a new ammonia cracking technology which is expected to create new commercial opportunities for them within the global lower-carbon energy supply chain. A demo plant will also be established in Germany to showcase the technology.

Waste water is more than just mud. In some industrial processes it is full of valuable raw materials, such as traces of the rare metal gallium. In order to recover them, researchers from Freiberg have now tested a new biotechnical process — and filtered metal ions out of the wastewater using a peptide gel.