With an aim to further strengthen its industrial footprint in Latin America, Givaudan has plans to develop a new fragrances manufacturing facility in Pedro Escobedo, Mexico. The 110-million-dollar investment is in line with Givaudan’s 2030 strategy which focuses on long-term growth, operational excellence, and sustainable value creation across regions.

With an aim to enhance its cybersecurity resilience for industrial customers across Asia Pacific, Rockwell Automation has launched a new ‘Security Operations Center’ in Singapore. The new facility will deliver 24/7 real-time monitoring, advanced threat detection and rapid incident response through its Secureot Security Monitoring and Response capabilities.

The German Chancellor His Excellency Friedrich Merz recently visited Adnoc on his official visit to the UAE. The visit follows Adnoc’s acquisition of Germany’s chemical giant Covestro for 14.7-billion-euros.

Under a MOU signed between Covestro, Fertiglobe, and Ta’ziz, all the parties will work together to explore collaboration across the ammonia and nitric acid value chains. Covestro and Fertiglobe intend to explore short-term ammonia supply opportunities from Fertiglobe’s facilities to Covestro’s sites in China and the USA.

Henkel has joined hands with Sekab to speed up the transition from fossil-based to bio-based raw materials in adhesive production. The partnership intends to replace conventional ethyl acetate with a sustainable, bio-based alternative.

Under a MOU signed between Invista and Epoch Biodesign, both the companies will work together to advance the development of post-consumer recycled nylon 6,6. The partnership will combine Epoch’s AI-engineered recycling enzymes with Invista’s polymerization expertise and global footprint.

BP’s new facility is expected to generate up to 11,000 tons of green hydrogen annually. Bilfinger has been selected to deliver the prefabrication, assembly and installation of plant components for BP’s new green hydrogen electrolyzer.

Axens has acquired Eurecat and become the sole owner of the firm. With this move, Axens will further strengthen its catalysts circularity, ex situ activation, and metals reuse worldwide.

Under a preliminary land reservation agreement signed between Taqa Morocco, Moeve and the Government of Morocco, the parties will work together to develop a large-scale project for the production of green ammonia and industrial fuel in Morocco.

With the expansion of the hydroxyl-terminated polybutadienes production capacity at its Marl site in 2024 and the development of a production unit for Polyvest ST-E 60 polybutadienes in China, Evonik aims to further strengthen its global production infrastructure for hydroxyl-terminated polybutadienes.