Lanxess has plans to source sustainable raw materials from Covestro, which have a significantly reduced carbon footprint, to produce key basic chemicals at its Lower Rhine sites in Germany. The partnership will result in reducing CO2 emissions by up to 120,000 tons per year at the site.

China's energy sector and the country's petrochemical industry are preparing for a future with less fossil fuel. The ‘development of non-fossil energy’ should be a priority from now on, according to a recently published white paper by the Chinese Government, the main points of which PROCESS (China) summarizes in an analysis.

Encina has made a revolutionary move by producing high purity aromatics entirely from end-of-life mixed plastics. The company aims to manufacture ISCC+ circular chemicals by making use of 450,000 tons of mixed plastic streams from landfills.

Linde and SLB’s partnership aim to speed up decarbonization solutions in the industrial and energy sectors. With this collaboration, the partners will focus on CCUS projects in hydrogen, ammonia, natural gas sectors.

A new ethylene complex from Lyondell Basell and its Chinese joint venture partner has officially been put into operation. The petrochemical complex has started manufacturing the first end products with an annual capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of ethylene at the Panjin site in the northern Chinese province of Liaoning.

Toray and LG Chem have plans to establish a joint venture – LG Toray Hungary Battery Separator for the manufacture and sales of battery separator film which are used in automotive lithium-ion batteries. For this, LG Chem will invest 375 million dollars in Toray Industries Hungary, a 100 % subsidiary of Toray which will then establish the joint venture.

Lubrizol and Grasim Industries recently broke ground on the first phase of the 100,000 metric-ton CPVC resin plant in Vilayat, Gujarat, India. Claimed to be the world’s largest based on single-site capacity for CPVC resin, the facility’s first phase is expected to be operational by early 2025.

Adnoc has plans to develop the Habshan CCUS project, a project with a capacity to capture and store 1.5 mtpa of carbon dioxide underground. The move is in line with the firm’s net zero by 2045 ambition.

Ethernet-APL (Advanced Physical Layer) offers considerable benefits for end users in the process industry by facilitating seamless connectivity between field devices using the Ethernet protocol and greatly simplifying the creation of high-performance automation networks.

With the acquisition, Maag Pump Systems will form a new integrated Gear Pumps business unit which will be led by the Managing Director and former owner of Witte Pumps & Technology. The deal is expected to expand Maag’s product portfolio, enhance its technical and manufacturing capabilities and also extend its global footprint.