Amsbio introduces Alice - a new high yield cell-free protein expression system.

GE’s Power Services business will provide Ojsc Togliatti Azot (ToAz) with parts to upgrade two GE industrial steam turbines at the company’s ammonia production facility in the city of Togliatti.

Ineos Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo have advanced in their plans to construct commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe. The three companies aim to make PS a circular material through depolymerization.

Johnson Matthey (JM) has signed a term sheet for the supply of nickel and cobalt from Nornickel, and an agreement for the supply of lithium hydroxide from SQM. The contracts will help the company to ensure long term sustainable supply of critical raw materials for battery materials production, creating an efficient battery electric vehicle supply chain.

A paradigm change in solids production is underway in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The trend to increased specialization and higher-potency active ingredients creates the need for hermetically sealed process flows. To an increasing extent, the production process will have to be designed as a containment system.

Compounding and extrusion expert Coperion supplied the new-to-the-market company Heroplas with two of their ZSK Twin Extruders to start their Polyolefin production.

The deal has been carried out through both the companies’ joint venture firm – Helios. Under the agreement, Sonatrach will recover helium from two existing LNG facilities and supply it to Helios’ existing liquid helium plant. Two new air separation plants will also be constructed via this deal.

Baltania has awarded Pöyry an assignment for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the new Torrefied Pellet Plant project in Vägari, Estonia. The assignment includes project management, basic engineering, procurement and site supervision services.

In September 2020, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) was founded by eleven prominent companies from six countries under the leadership of the nova-Institute. The initiative aims to support and speed up the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and materials.

Honeywell UOP has introduced a new process which is capable of converting 100 % naphtha into a cleaner-burning Euro-V gasoline. The integration of the new UOP Isomex process with the Penex and CCR Platforming technologies produces high-octane gasoline with lower emissions.