Lanzatech UK has awarded the Feed contract to Fluor for the development of sustainable aviation fuel facilities in Port Talbot, Wales. With this, Fluor will support Lanzatech’s Project Dragon which aims to convert locally derived waste gases to ethanol.

Speciality chemicals company Solvay has announced its plans to invest in a new facility to produce electronic grade hydrogen peroxide (eH2O2) in Casa Grande, USA, to supply the growing U.S. semiconductor manufacturing market.

MSA Safety’s fixed gas and flame detection monitoring solution – Field Server FGFD Protoair Gateway enables process and plant engineers to supervise their systems around the clock.

Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, Chimei and Mitsubishi Corporation have come together to develop a unique renewable plastics supply chain which will make use of bio-based hydrocarbons (Neste Re) for the production of styrene monomer (bio-SM), and its mass balanced renewable plastics derivatives including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (bio-ABS) for the production of renewable plastics.

BASF has partnered with 3Helix for its proprietary CHP technology. Under the terms of the agreement, BASF will be given the exclusive rights to commercialize CHP solutions for the personal care field.

Lonza has plans to expand inhalation services by adding capabilities at its Tampa site in the USA. The move is a part of providing bioavailability enhancement series for its global customers. The new extended services will be built upon the firm’s expertise in supporting particle engineering projects from its Bend site.

Umicore has collaborated with Microsoft to make use of artificial intelligence in order to accelerate its research in battery material technologies for electric vehicles. With this move, Umicore intends to create a customized AI environment that will analyze, synthesize and bring together vast and complex data from its proprietary battery materials research and development.

A consortium of 15 companies including Neste have successfully concluded a joint ‘E-Fuel research project’ in which high temperature electrolysis (SOEC), carbon capture, and hydrocarbon synthesis technologies were demonstrated and production of synthetic e-fuels was also accelerated.

Novoloop has joined hands with Aether Industries to develop a pilot plant in India. The unit will demonstrate the scalability of Novoloop's Lifecycling technology which is capable of transforming post-consumer plastic waste into monomers for the synthesis of virgin-quality, high-performance materials.

Chevron Lummus Global has secured a licensing contract by Hindustan Petroleum for developing its grassroots integrated hydrocracker and catalytic dewaxing unit in India. The project is expected to have a nameplate capacity of 550 KTPA and will produce Gr. II+ and Gr. III premium base oils.