KBR has secured a contract by Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation to modernize three of its plants in order to achieve lower emissions and increase their production capacity.

Black & Veatch together with Shanghai LBT Engineering & Technology have developed the landmark production facility in China for Calysseo Chongqing, a joint venture between animal nutrition leader Adisseo and protein innovator Calysta. The new unit is expected to produce 20,000 tons of low carbon animal feed every year.

Following the final approval for the construction of its Zhanjiang Verbund site, BASF will start the next phase — the construction of a steam cracker and several downstream plants.

Total Energies has plans to construct a new mechanical recycling unit for plastic waste at its Grandpuits site in France. The new facility is expected to produce 30,000 tons a year of high value-added compounds and will contain up to 50 % recycled plastic material.

Solvay has recently expanded its China Research & Innovation Center with a new research building in the Solvay Shanghai Technology Park. The project plays a vital role for the company in advancing innovation in China.

Changing times call for unique as well as innovative solutions and blockchain is truly a game changing technology in today’s ever competing world. Numerous industries are already exploring this technology to keep a track of different aspects of their business as they have realized that the blockchain technology is here to stay and is only going to strengthen its presence from here on.

Sasol and Topsoe have entered into a single license agreement for Arcadia’s Vordingborg efuels plant. The first commercial efuels plant in Denmark is expected to produce approx. 100 million litres per year of efuels.

Johnson Matthey and Doosan Enerbility have plans to jointly develop integrated solutions for hydrogen-fuelled power plants in South Korea. For this, both the parties are working together to develop a technology that allows the use of low carbon ammonia as a hydrogen source. JM’s ammonia cracking technology and catalyst will be used for the project.

The German research institute Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung has been selected for the international project – Ambh2er which aims to deliver a greener synthesis of ammonia. With 16 partners from science and industry, the project is scheduled to run for four years and intends to contribute towards the European Green Deal.

The Vogel Biopharmaceutical Technology Forum 2022 (VBTF 2022) was successfully held in Shanghai, China on September 23. Organized by Pharmatec China, Shanghai Medipark and Pharma Champ, the event brought together professionals from the pharmaceutical industry to exchange and share the latest global trends and innovative technologies and solutions in biopharmaceutical R&D, production, engineering, and quality management.