Wacker Chemie has plans to increase its production capacity for silicone rubber due to its rising demand across the globe. The company intends to expand production of liquid silicone rubber as well as high consistency rubber with an investment of over 100 million euros.

A collaboration between the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Oist) and the Polytechnic University of Milan has found that when a fluid is pumped through a pipe in an intermittent way, the cost of transport is significantly reduced.

LG Chem has plans to increase its battery materials sales sixfold to 25.5 billion dollars by 2030 from 3.9 billion dollars in 2022. The firm also intends to focus on three new growth sectors – battery materials, sustainability business and innovative new drugs.

Under a MOU signed between LG Chem and Yonsei University, both the parties will work together to develop next-generation technologies for battery materials. An industry-academia cooperation center will also be established for this purpose.

Technip FMC has secured a contract to supply flexible pipes to Petrobras for the pre-salt fields offshore Brazil. Under the terms of the contract, Technip FMC will design, engineer, and manufacture 14 kilometers of gas injection riser pipes.

The Serum Institute of India (SII) has been producing more than 20 different types of vaccines and supplying it to numerous countries across the globe since ages but it was the biopharma company’s Covid-19 vaccine that made headlines amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. With state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, the production facilities at the firm’s Pune site in India meet the highest standards of various regulatory agencies. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into the world’s biggest vaccine factory.

Repsol has plans to develop the first plant in the Iberian Peninsula which has the capability to produce ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene also known as a super polymer. The new plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 15,000 tons.

Filling infusion bags with biopharmaceuticals and therapies using gene and cell-based active ingredients is demanding, which makes it a case for specialists. Harro Höfliger presents a new concept for aseptic filling of infusion bags which offers pharmaceutical customers a comprehensive carefree package.

Under ‘Project Greensand’ a consortium led by Ineos has proved that the CCS technology is feasible after successfully capturing CO2 from Belgium and then storing it into a depleted oil field in the Danish North Sea. Project Greensand aims to store up to 8 million tonnes of CO2 annually in the area by 2030.

Toyo Engineering together with Pupuk Indonesia Holding Company (PIHC) and Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) will be conducting a feasibility study for green ammonia production at PIM’s existing fertilizer plants in Indonesia. The contract for this study has been awarded by the Government of Japan as it intends to use 3 million tons of ammonia annually as fuel in 2030.