AGC Biologics’ expanded development and production site includes single-use bioreactors which will help to meet the rising demands for GMP viral vector manufacturing projects. With this, the firm can also assist companies for in–vivo end ex-vivo gene therapy applications as well as manufacture adeno-associated and lentiviral vectors.

Under a long-term agreement, Linde will develop a nine-megawatt alkaline electrolyzer plant on Jurong Island, Singapore in order to produce and supply green hydrogen to Evonik in Singapore. The plant is expected to be the largest electrolyzer ever installed in the country.

Emirates recently conducted a demonstration flight in which one the aircraft’s engines was powered with 100 % sustainable aviation fuel from Neste. Both the parties worked with other partners as well such as GE Aerospace, Boeing, Honeywell and Virent to develop a sustainable fuel that matched the properties of conventional jet fuel.

As a specialist for pumping complex media, Netzsch Pumps & Systems offers customised solutions. New at Netzsch is the Periproc peristaltic pump. According to the company, it is insensitive to dry running and pumps aggressive and abrasive media with 70 percent solids content without any problems.

Orthex has plans to use Ineos Styrolution’s styrene acrylonitrile copolymer for producing storage products. The copolymers have been developed in partnership with BASF and is built on the firm’s styrene monomer derived from renewable feedstock which is based on a mass balance approach.

Solvay has launched SCS certified Rhodianyl polymers which are produced from 100 % recycled content. These polymers can be used in the consumer goods industry as well as the engineering plastics sector.

Idemitsu and Toray have plans to develop Japan’s first biomass ABS resin supply chain. Under the collaboration, they will produce biomass styrene monomer derived from biomass naphtha and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin.

Brexit is sealed ... What’s next for the EU-UK chemical industry? — Europe is the second largest chemicals producer in the world. With the UK now leaving the EU zone, what will this mean for chemical trade between the two sides? PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into this dynamic market scenario.

Coal chemistry has "great potential" in China, says China's president. Xi Jinping makes this statement - which makes climate activists around the world sit up and take notice - during a visit to one of the traditional coal provinces of the People's Republic. The most powerful politician in the country, which consumes the most coal in the world, visited coal chemical companies at the Yangjiagou Revolutionary Base in Yulin, Shaanxi province. PROCESS' China Market Insider explains what these statements mean.

Solvay’s new electric furnace at its Silica Plant in Collonges, France is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 % at the site. With this, the company aims to decarbonize its operations.