Ineos Paraform starts up its new Dimethoxymethane (Methylal) production line at Mainz, Germany. This expansion to the company's portfolio allows it to further expand its business into the downstream acetals market, company speakers stated.

Sascha Kleiber from the University of Technology in Austria demonstrated a carbon capture and utilization approach in which magnesium oxide-based catalysts were produced. These catalysts can be used as a marine fuel, electricity and even as feedstock for further chemicals.

The Iowa Fertilizer Company has selected KBR to provide Insite monitoring and advisory services for its Wever plant in Iowa, USA. These services will enable the company to monitor plant operations and suggest measures to prevent downtime.

Global Bioenergies started the initial processing of wheat straw hydrolysate provided by its partner Clariant at its Leuna demo plant, to produce cellulosic isobutene for the first time at this scale. These first runs were part of Optisochem, a project which started in June 2017 and was granted approx. $ 11 million by the Bio Based Industry Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) as part of the H2020 program.

Nearly two years after the acquisition of Beijing–based Sino-German Tianhe Technology, GEA Pharma Systems takes stock of its Chinese subsidiary: Since 2010, the newly created GEA Lyophil (Beijing) has quadrupled turnover and enhanced its customer service by blending German quality and Chinese economy for Asia's emerging pharmaceutical industry.

Air Products has announced a pilot project to generate Europe’s first Guarantees of Origin (GO) for sustainable, renewable hydrogen produced in The Netherlands, under the Certif Hy scheme.

The global pandemic has forced chemical industries to adjust to a previously unthinkable situation. While global supply chains were disrupted, the new situation also created opportunities for flow chemistry organisations.

Plug Power plans to invest 84 million dollars for establishing a green hydrogen production unit in Camden County, Georgia, USA. The project aims to develop the first North American green hydrogen supply network which will extend across the entire East Coast of the U.S.

Sumitomo Chemical has begun studying a potential alliance with Rever Holdings Corporation, a Japanese integrated recycling company, in order to accelerate material recycling and thus, establish a sustainable circular economy.

To meet the need for highly accurate and reliable level measurement in hygienic applications, Emerson has developed the Rosemount 1408H Level Transmitter, the world’s first non-contacting radar device designed specifically for the food and beverage (F&B) industry.