BASF’s Coatings Division has appointed Patrick Zheng Yu Zhao to take charge of the new Global Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions business unit in Hong Kong. It has also chosen Chris Titmarsh for its new Global Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions business unit in Münster, Germany along with Frank Naber who will be responsible for the Global Surface Treatment business unit in Frankfurt, Germany.

Topsoe and Fidelis have formed a global alliance for technology used in the production of carbon neutral hydrogen. Topsoe’s hydrogen process portfolio along with Fidelis’ H2 technology will be paired in the alliance in order to reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions involved in hydrogen production.

With the support of a blue loan from the International Finance Corporation, Indorama Ventures has completed the expansion of its recycling facility in Brazil which has helped the company to increase its PET production capacity from 9 thousand tons to 25 thousand tons annually.

Anyone who prints pharmaceutical labels needs a lot of expertise and experience. But with the right hardware, software and advice, even newcomers can efficiently produce the complex pharmaceutical labels in short runs - an interesting option for pharmaceutical retailers who specialise in re-imports and want to print very small quantities of labels themselves.

GEA will be showcasing a wide range of solutions at the Interpack show in Germany. Some of the innovations to be exhibited at the fair include the Optirobot 6000 and the firm’s new solution – the Optibuffer.

Steriline will be exhibiting its Robotic Nest Filling Machine at the upcoming Interphex 2023 trade fair in New York, USA. The firm’s technologies cater to the cell and gene therapy market.

With an aim to produce specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies which can be used for electric vehicles, Evonik has plans to expand its fumed aluminum oxide plant in Yokkaichi, Japan. The project is expected to be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia.

Juergen Eckhardt has been appointed by Bayer as the new Head of Business Development & Licensing / Open Innovation of its pharma division. He will take charge from September 1, 2023.

Topsoe’s new facility in Denmark will manufacture electrolyzers in order to produce green hydrogen. The factory is expected to have an initial 500 MW manufacturing capacity and will be operational by 2025.

OCI Global has partnered with Petrofac for delivering OCI’s programme of gasification-based green methanol projects. The programme aims to support the production of low-carbon feedstock for OCI’s existing methanol facilities.