— In recent years, formulations based on pellets have been the trend. New technologies make it possible to circumvent property rights for active ingredients and are therefore very popular with pharmaceutical customers. But which technologies are the most important?

JSC Euro Chem Northwest’s 2,890 MTPD ammonia plant made use of KBR’s Purifier ammonia technology for the 1 billion dollar project. KBR was selected as the technology licensor and was also responsible for providing basic engineering design for the plant.

CB&I inaugurated its Novolen technology polypropylene pilot plant, a new section of its world class Research and Development (R&D) center in Pasadena, Texas.

BASF offers the packaging industry a variety of barrier solutions that demonstrate a high effectiveness in preventing mineral oil residues from migrating from cardboard food packaging into food. Mineral oil residues in food packaging pose a potential threat for the consumers' health.

Under a contract signed between thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers and Shell, thyssenkrupp will engineer, procure and fabricate a 200 MW electrolysis plant based on its large-scale 20 MW alkaline water electrolysis module for the mega ‘Hydrogen Holland I’ project in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The project will produce green hydrogen for the industry and transport sector in the region.

With this move, the new JV has plans to immediately upgrade Nenter’s facilities in order to ensure compliance with DSM’s safety, health and environmental standards. For this purpose, production will be put on hold and the shutdown will continue until significant upgrades have been completed.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation for the license and engineering design of a cumene and phenol plant expansion in Ningbo, China.

Under an agreement signed between Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies, Plastic Energy will develop its second advanced recycling plant in Sevilla, Spain. At the new plant, the company will convert 33,000 tons of plastic waste into recycled feedstock and TotalEnergies will convert this into virgin-quality polymers which can be used for food-grade packaging.

Nabaltec has plans to invest in the double-digit million range to more than double production capacity of Boehmite at its Schwandorf site in Germany from 10,000 to 25,000 tons per year. The move has been undertaken to meet the growing demands of the lithium-ion battery market.

Investa is investing over $ 65 million in fiber production equipment at its facility in Camden.