Claimed to be the largest cathode manufacturing plant in the USA, the project will be built in Clarksville, Tennessee and is expected to produce 120,000 tons of cathode material every year by 2027 which will be used in next-generation batteries for electric vehicles.

Under a MOU signed between Axens and Praj, both the parties will collaborate on projects that focus on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in India. The green fuel will be produced from low-carbon alcohols via the Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) route.

Under the European Green Deal, the EU chemical industry is looking to develop a more sustainable and green industry with the incorporation of clean technologies and solutions in the sector. PROCESS Worldwide shares the many dynamics of this significant market.

Neste has completed the expansion of its Singapore Refinery and has also started-up the plant which aims to bring the refinery’s total capacity to 2.6 million tons annually of which up to one million tons will be sustainable aviation fuel. It has also established a SAF supply chain to the Changi Airport.

The biomass cogeneration facility is claimed to be the first large–scale power generation plant to operate solely with well-pressed or dried fermentation residues. Once operational, the plant will supply at least 70,000 megawatt hours of steam to Sasol annually as well as produce more than 90,000 megawatt hours of sustainable electricity every year.

Honeywell's Ecofining technology has been selected by BP to produce sustainable aviation fuel at five of its plants around the world. The technology will help the firm to supply 20 % of the SAF market globally by 2030.

Arkema has plans to divest its phosphorus derivatives business – Febex to the Belgian group Prayon which is an expert in phosphorus-based chemistry. The deal is expected to be finalized in the first quarter 2023.

Wanner Engineering has won a court case in China regarding a patent for its Wanner Hydra-Cell seal-less diaphragm pumps. The company is heavily investing in new technology for the benefit of its customers and is undertaking active measures to stop counterfeiting of its patented innovations.

The Corona crisis, particularly the lockdowns adopted by many governments, has hit the chemical industry hard in China. However, sales in many of the top companies in China already declined in 2019, even before Corona. But there are exceptions, as the figures from 2019 in our latest top 10 show here.

On a recent visit to evaluate several level transmitters on chemical storage applications at a new combined cycle power plant, Magnetrol-Ametek had the opportunity to work with the EPC firm, plant personnel and the chemical supplier. This provided an interesting look at the level instrumentation package for the chemical storage side of things from an engineering perspective, as well as from a daily operations point of view.