Kemira has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture with Yongsan Chemicals, a privately-owned chemicals company in South Korea. The JV, called New Co, will be located in Ulsan.

Capgemini and Bayer Business Services have signed a contract for the provision of IT services from India. The contract includes global application development and services, as well as infrastructure services including service management and will run over a period of five years. Under the terms of the contract Capgemini will take over the operations of Bayer Business Services’ captive IT service center in Mumbai.

Aemetis announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary has completed a two-year upgrade of the Kakinada biodiesel and glycerin plant in India. The upgrades to the Kakinada plant included installation of a pre-treatment unit to process lower-cost and waste feedstock into oil and the expansion of boiler and other utility capacities.

The supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology Grace, has contracted to license its Unipol PP Process Technology to Hanwha Total Petrochemical for a new PP production facility in Daesan, South Korea. With a capacity of 400 kilotons per year, the PP line is expected to begin operations in 2021.

Due to the urgently needed capacities for vaccines, engineering companies and OEMs must react fast to increasing demand for aseptic filling lines. These lines are not only required for Covid-vaccines but also to fill the capacity gaps for other important pharmaceuticals and disrupted supply chains.

Novozymes has acquired the microbial research company Organobalance for an undisclosed amount.

Chandra Asri Petrochemical has signed an agreement with Univation Technologies to use their Unipol PE Process for a new world scale 400 kta Polyethylene plant at its integrated Naphtha Cracker complex in Cilegon.

Under the agreement, Haldor Topsoe will provide license and engineering services for the new methanol unit. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 500,000 tonnes annually.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the top 5 plant engineering projects of last week from all over the world. Right from the construction of world scale plants to facility expansion projects, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Researchers have recently developed a world-first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries. With an average energy density of 7 Watthours per square metre, the cement-based battery can also be used in buildings for energy storage.