The new project is part of Ineos’ recent 2 billion dollar plus green hydrogen investment announcement in Europe. Under the new project, Ineos’ subsidiary Inovyn will develop a 100 MW electrolyzer at its Koln site in Germany in order to produce green hydrogen which will be used to manufacture green ammonia. The project will also develop E-Fuels through Power-to-Methanol applications at an industrial scale at the site.

The Marchesini Group has acquired Axomatic, a company which specialises in the packaging machinery sector and V2engineering which is an expert in developing cartooning machines. The takeovers are expected to strengthen the firm’s cosmetic packaging business.

German industrial supplier RMA enters the Middle–Eastern Growth Markets: The firm has just launched its new subsidiary company, RMA Middle East, at the Bahrain International Investment Park. With this step, the company hopes to participate from growth in the local petro- and petrochemical industry...

Global chemical companies including Clariant have collaborated with the World Economic Forum to develop a pre-competitive platform which intends to support low-carbon joint projects and accelerate the use of net-zero technologies. The unique collaboration is expected to assist the Low Carbon Emitting Technologies initiative (LCET) to jointly address mission-critical technology challenges.

As part of digitization strategies, the companies which produce the most data will not be the ones who will prevail. The winners will be those who use their data to generate real additional benefits. The real added value will be the way of collecting, analyzing, integrating, and presenting this data. Only organized, real-time data from operational and business levels can help make informed decisions.

Under the terms of the agreement, Petrofac and Marginal Field Development Company will join forces and operate gas to wire facilities for recovering marginal gas fields in the UK. The move is expected to maximise economic recovery and support the country’s clients.

Apart from a green refinery project awarded by Italian Eni, Amec Foster Wheeler announced a global downstream framework agreement with Shell and an Owner's Engineering contract by GNL Quintero in Chile.

Linde has started up its new hydrogen facility in Texas, USA to meet the growing demand of hydrogen in the region. The company has also entered into a long-term agreement with Phillips 66 to supply the hydrogen produced at the new plant to Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery in Old Ocean, Texas.

Two Chinese engineers and an Indian operator died when a boiler inside a pharmaceuticals plant run by Pusilin Biotechnology exploded. The incident occurred during repair works on June 9 at the facility in the state of Haryana.

Wacker Chemie is expanding the capacity of its silicon-metal site at Holla in Norway by constructing an additional plant with world-scale annual capacity.