Solvay has launched a new rare earths production line for permanent magnets at the La Rochelle facility in France. The move is expected to improve Europe's sovereignty and support the Critical Raw Materials Act.

With an aim to meet the growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry, Asahi Kasei has established Asahi Kasei Life Science. With this, the company can now offer the industry more agile and focused services, deeper innovation in bioprocess solutions, and stronger support in emerging modalities.

Clariant and Technip Energies has launched Styromax UL-100, its most advanced ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst to date. The catalyst offers exceptional performance at unprecedented low steam-to-oil ratios of 0.76 by weight for styrene production.

Under a MOU signed between Indian Oil Corporation and the Government of Odisha, Indianoil will develop a world-class petrochemical complex at Paradip, Odisha in India. The project is expected to be established at an investment of 7.1 billion dollars.

Saipem has recently won new offshore contracts in the Middle East and Guyana worth 720 million dollars. The first contract involves the engineering, procurement, construction and installation activities for the repair of damaged subsea pipelines for a major client in Middle East. The second contract involves the EPCI of subsea structures, umbilicals, risers and flowlines for the production facility and gas export system of the proposed Hammerhead oil field development project.

Odva recently announced that level sensors are the latest option for process device profiles to be added to The Ethernet/IP Specification. Process device profiles help users to reduce complexity and to more quickly install new devices in the event of an unplanned replacement.

Both of Lhyfe’s planned green hydrogen production projects in Wallsend, North Tyneside, and Kemsley, Kent, have been shortlisted under the UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2, a public auction system to support the production of low-carbon or renewable hydrogen.

Utilizing waste cooking oil as a key raw material, a top biodiesel producer faced the challenge of maintaining efficiency while preventing clogging in their centrifugal separators. To tackle this, they adopted an automatic self-cleaning strainer. This has helped to rationalise the production process and improve the efficiency of the plant.

Under a five-year framework service agreement signed between Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Brunei Fertilizer Industries, Thyssenkrupp Uhde will help to set-up and implement a digital twin for Brunei Fertilizer Industries’ plant.

With an aim to enhance its service offering for particle technologies and drug product development and manufacture, Lonza has joined CMAC, an international research hub with a unique configuration of academic and industrial leaders within applied and pre-competitive research programs, and translation to industry models.