As part of Arlanxeo’s growth strategy, the company has established its legal entity, Arlanxeo India, in India. The firm began operations from January 1 this year and will also be inaugurating its new office in Mumbai by May 2021.

Due to the fire at Gazprom Neft’s oil refinery, an entire unit which is responsible for producing more than half of the plant’s gasoline output was shut. Also, post the incident, no casualties were reported at the plant.

BASF and the Research and Development Center of Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC R&D Center) introduced three co-developed electric concept cars, featuring futuristic designs that address the needs of Chinese customers. This is the first time the German-based group co-developed a concept car together with a Chinese OEM.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Mubadala Investment Company signed a framework agreement to explore together potential global growth opportunities that build on the partner's refining and petrochemicals assets. The oil company also announced an investment of $ 1.4 billion to upgrade and expand its Bu Hasa Field as it ramps up onshore crude production capacity.

Lonza and Tracon Pharmaceuticals announced the successful delivery of the first 2,000 L single-use bioreactor (SUB) batch produced from the supplier's recently expanded Singapore site. The batch was supplied under the strategic manufacturing agreement for the client's therapeutic antibody TRC105.

With an annual production capacity of 45,000 tonnes, the massive plant will offer hydrogen peroxide in three concentrations – 35 %, 50 % and 60 %. The firm also has plans to invest 103 million dollars in the next 3-5 years for capacity expansion of the chemical complex.

Storing fluctuating and delivering stable electric power supply are central issues when using energy from solar plants or wind power stations. Here, efficient and flexible energy storage systems need to accommodate for fluctuations in energy gain. Scientists from Germany’s Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials (DWI), RWTH Aachen University and Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea., now significantly improved a key component for the development of new energy storage systems.

Engineering company KBR has been awarded contracts for revamping two ammonia plants by PJSC Acron Group, Novgorod, Russia.

Haldor Topsoe and Nel have entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the intent to offer customers complete renewable electricity to ammonia and methanol solutions.

With Styrolux ECO and Styroflex ECO, Ineos Styrolution introduces new lines of styrenics solutions made with renewable raw materials.