Repower EU is a plan to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and quickly adopt the green transition. Cefic has recently issued a statement along with a position paper sharing its views on the plan.

Under a framework agreement, SOL Kohlensäure will supply Biogenic carbon dioxide to Covestro’s sites in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The liquified gas will be used to produce plastics such as methylene diphenyl diisocyanate and polycarbonate as well as help the firm towards their circular economy goals.

KSB has recently introduced its new generation of pneumatic 90° quarter-turn actuators – the double-acting and single-acting pneumatic actuators of the Actair Evo and Dynactair Evo type series which can be used in all types of part-turn valves.

China's largest MDI producer, Wanhua Chemical, continues to expand its market share. The company already dominates the global MDI market ahead of Covestro and BASF. It will continue to expand its capacities in the coming years, reports the Chinese chemical newspaper Zhongguo Huagong Xinxi Zhoukan. What does this mean for the global market?

Nel has plans to expand the production capacity at its PEM electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Wallingford, Connecticut in the US. With this move, the company aims to increase PEM production capacity substantially, reduce stack cost and improve stack efficiency.

A consortium of six companies comprising Bechtel, GE, GM, Honeywell, Invenergy and Johnson Controls have launched a cross-sector business alliance – Corporate Coalition for Innovation & Technology toward Net Zero with an aim to assist countries meet their decarbonization and climate change goals.

Under an agreement signed between both the parties, Total Energies and Saria will work together to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on the Grandpuits zero-crude platform in France. Saria will supply used cooking oils and animal fats as feedstock to produce SAF.

The exciting thing about bulk solids remains their unpredictability — despite many theoretical models, sometimes it is only practice that decides whether you can make a product work well (or rather, get it moving).

LG Chem and Huayou Group’s subsidiary Youshan have plans to develop a 50,000-ton-per-year lithium-phosphate-iron (LFP) cathode material plant in Morocco. The unit is expected to meet the growing demand for LFP cathode materials in the region.

Solvay has plans to establish a multipurpose microbiology lab at its Lyon site in France. Once the lab is operational, the company aims to increase its biodegradability and toxicity testing capabilities and also develop more environmentally-friendly and safe products for the end consumer.