The UAE and France have plans to launch a bilateral program under which both the firms will combine their expertise to develop opportunities in order to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program will be launched in the background of the Cop28 climate change conference which will be held in Dubai this year.

The chemical industry is leading the hydrogen race — no wonder that the light gas is also capturing the imagination at Achema. The mysterious green molecule of endless possibilities plays a decisive role at the leading trade fair for chemistry, the event organizers at Dechema believe.

Lonza has announced that its current CEO Pierre-Alain Ruffieux will be leaving the company by September end and that Albert M. Baehny, Chairman has been chosen as CEO on an ad interim basis until a permanent CEO has been appointed.

Under an agreement signed between both the parties, Neste will supply more than 1,000,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel to the Air France-KLM airline over a period of eight years. Claimed to be one of the largest SAF agreements of its kind in the aviation industry, the sustainable fuel is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 % as compared to the traditional fossil jet fuel.

The rise of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the chemical and chemical processing industry has helped plant operators to monitor critical infrastructure, undertake better informed decisions and achieve accurate, efficient and quick results without putting their personnel at risk.

BASF has successfully completed the carve-out of its mobile emissions catalysts and precious metal services businesses and established the BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions entity in the USA.

Air Products will develop a new industrial gas complex on BOO basis and supply hydrogen, nitrogen and steam to Indian Oil Corporation’s Barauni Refinery in Bihar, India. The project will help the Indian firm to expand its current production capacity of Euro-VI or BS-VI compliant gasoline and diesel at the site.

Evonik has plans to increase production capacity of its coating additives business at its manufacturing plant in Taiwan. The move is in line with the growing demand for matting agents in Asia.

Donadon SDD, an Italian manufacturer of bursting discs, holders, bursting indicators and explosion relief plates, is now allowed to mark its products with the UKCA marking. The UKCA marking is a new certification required for products sold in Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) after the country's departure from the European Union. It replaces the CE marking that was previously used for products sold in the EU.

Henkel Korea has completed work on its Songdo Plant, a production facility for electronics solutions in Korea. The project is expected to become the firm’s production hub in the Asia-Pacific region for high-impact electronics solutions.