Lonza has expanded its API development and manufacturing laboratories in Nansha, China. The cGMP manufacturing laboratories are expected to provide additional early-phase highly-potent API manufacturing capabilities for the company.

Dupont will be investing millions of dollars to revamp its OxyMem Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland. The move will help to meet the growing demand for MABR across the globe.

Total has plans to sell its 86.95 % interest in Block CA1 to Shell. The move is in line with the French major’s strategy of disposing of 5 billion dollars of non-core assets over the period 2019-2020.

It’s the third order in two years: Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions, the engineering and construction specialist of the Thyssen Krupp Group, has again won a follow-up order from the Hungarian fertilizer manufacturer Nitrogénmüvek to expand its production capacity.

Have we learned our lesson? The emerge of digital plant automation has not only increased efficiency and versatility but also our vulnerability to cyber attacs – one of the major trends at this year’s PMA in Antwerp.

The Linde Group has been selected by Braskem as the lead engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor to build a new world-scale polypropylene (PP) production line in Texas.

Under a 61-million-dollar deal, Reliance New Energy has acquired all the assets of Lithium Werks. The takeover will help the company to develop an end-to-end battery manufacturing and supply ecosystem for Indian markets.

With an aim to strengthen Air Liquide’s presence in the Malaysian market, the company has taken over the industrial gas major, Southern Industrial Gases. The move is expected to double Air Liquide’s packaged gases filling capacity in the Southeast Asian country.

PQ Group aims to expand its current polyolefin catalysts portfolio and also target new customers with this move. Catalysts continue to be a strategic growth platform for the firm.

The collaboration between Dow and Evonik aims to bring the unique technology to market maturity. For this purpose, the firms have also planned to build a pilot plant in Hanau, Germany which is expected to be constructed by 2020.