Air Liquide and Sinopec have signed a MOU to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen mobility solutions in China. Under the deal, both the companies will study the development of hydrogen mobility network in the Asian country.

The green-field plant is expected to produce Penta including the renewable grades of Voxtar. Construction of the plant already began in October and commercial production is expected to begin in Q1 2022.

The global FT wax market is set to grow from its current market value of more than 750 million dollars to over 1.2 billion dollars by 2025; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights.

Vina SCG Chemicals, wholly-owned subsidiary by SCG, announced that it will proceed with the investment in the Long Son Petrochemicals Company (LSP). LSP issued the Letter of Award to key contractors on July 14, 2017 and the final contract signing is expected to be in the second half of 2017.

Koch Modular Process Systems will be supplying modular recycling systems to Purecycle Technologies for their second facility in Augusta, Georgia, USA. With this project, the company aims to support the global need to transform plastic waste into a renewable resource.

Under the terms of the contract, Eurochem acquired the Serra do Salitre Phosphate project for 452 million dollars. The project includes a phosphate mine and a fertilizer plant capable of producing 1 MMT of fertilizers annually.

Mc Dermott International has been awarded a technology contract for a grassroots alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit in Ningbo, China. The 10,000 MTA facility is expected to use the AMS technology to recover specialty chemicals for niche market sale.

The SC-B X-ray scanner by Wipotec is the ideal entry point for quality X-ray inspection of incoming raw material. Foreign body detection at the beginning of the production process leads to optimisation of the line efficiency by reducing product losses and downtimes.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is planning to double the production capacity at its organic peroxides facility in Ningbo, China, within the next two years. A project to boost the capacity by 40 % is underway, which is expected to be completed by mid-August.

Led by Enagás and Acciona, the Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca Project is developed on the island of Mallorca in Spain. The company aims to reduce CO2 emissions on the island by up to 21,000 tons annually after full implementation of its green hydrogen ecosystem.