The International Chemical Investors Group has decided to takeover Evonik’s superabsorbents business. The move is in line with Evonik’s goal of divesting its Performance Materials Division.

Dupont has renewed its collaboration with Silicon Catalyst as a Strategic Ecosystem Partner. Under this partnership, Silicon Catalyst will continue to offer strategic insights for developing the next generation of electronic technology, materials and devices.

With an aim to reduce its carbon footprint, Solvay will now utilize natural gas to power its Green River soda ash unit in the USA. With this move, the firm has successfully completed a coal phase-out at the site.

A leading South Korean industrial supplier of hydrogen, Approtium has selected Topsoe’s ammonia cracking technology, H2retake for converting low-carbon ammonia (blue ammonia) back into hydrogen at its facility in Ulsan, South Korea. The facility is expected to produce 75,000 metric tons of hydrogen every year.

Emerson has been selected by Lyondell Basell to modernize automation technology at its Wesseling site in Germany which is the firm’s largest manufacturing facility in Europe. With this move, the company aims to enhance the operations of its ethylene cracker and butadiene production plant.

Chevron New Energies has entered into a license agreement with Fluor to use its carbon capture technology at its Eastridge Cogeneration facility in Kern County, California. The technology will aim at reducing carbon dioxide emissions at the unit.

Given the substances used, the complexity of the processes and the potential risks to people and the environment, process reliability plays a more important role in the chemical industry than it does in perhaps any other industry. The consequences of failures, leaks and equipment damage can have far-reaching consequences. Generally speaking: The greater the impact of a fault-related failure, the more important it is to use reliable, verifiable components. This is essential, particularly in the field of pump technology.

Electric vehicles are in great demand across the globe as it does not emit any emissions. The significant growth of this sector has encouraged industry players in the supply chain to develop more advanced, sustainable and high-energy density battery solutions in the form of completely new batteries and innovative battery materials for EVs.

Umicore has concluded a 350-million-euro loan from the European Investment Bank to support European research, development and innovation in rechargeable battery materials technologies for electric vehicles EV and the recycling of EV batteries.

Sonangol has awarded KBR with a project management contract for designing and developing a new refinery in Angola, Africa. On completion of the 200,000-bpd refinery project, the country is expected to have a 200 % increase in the capacity to produce fuel products in an efficient and sustainable way.