Ineos Oligomers has started up the world’s largest single train Low Viscosity Polyalphaolefin (LV PAO) plant in Texas, USA. With a production capacity of 120,000 tons every year, the new plant is expected to position the firm as the largest merchant supplier of LV PAO across the globe.

Improving the lives of patients with better medicines is the topmost priority for the pharmaceutical industry and drug discovery and development plays an important role in it. Smart technologies such as artificial intelligence is currently changing the manner in which drugs are discovered and developed but with the introduction of Generative Artificial Intelligence, this segment is set to revolutionize like never before.

Advanced Ionics has secured 12.5-million-dollars after closing its Series A funding which was led by BP ventures. Other investors include Clean Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and GVP Climate.

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company (CSPC) will be using Neste’s Nexpao technology for its new synthetic base oil production unit in Huizhou City, China. The technology enables energy efficient production of polyalphaolefins which is in line with CSPC's sustainable development strategy.

Ima Active shares with PROCESS Worldwide an interview with Oliver Schmied, Managing Director of Aenova's Regensburg site in Germany. The Aenova Group is a leading global contract manufacturer and development service provider for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

Pharmapack Europe recently announced the winners of the ‘Pharmapack Awards 2023’. The winners showcased revolutionary innovations in novel drug delivery solutions, reusable connected devices as well as unique recyclable packaging solutions.

Ima Group gave life to a wide number of technologies and platforms dedicated to production monitoring and efficiency increase. In particular, it is worth mentioning about A4gate which is specifically created to tackle cyber-attacks, Ima Sentinel for remote production monitoring 24/7 and Ima Control Room for more sophisticated services.

Dr. Stephan Kothrade has been appointed as BASF’s latest board member. He will succeed Saori Dubourg who is leaving office and will take charge from March 1, 2023.

Toray and Honda Motor have plans to jointly develop a chemical recycling technology for glass-fiber reinforced nylon 6 parts recovered from end-of-life vehicles. The project aims to establish a circular economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A consortium including Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4 Impact VC and Asahi Kasei have invested a total of 11-million-euros into Circularise, a start-up firm, to accelerate a circular economy for the polymers and chemicals industry.