Chemical industry & food news

• Inauguration ceremony for new BASF fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen, Germany
• BASF plans construction of new fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen, Germany
• Coca-Cola establishes its own recycled PET manufacturing unit in Ploiesti, Romania, making it the first local beverage producer.
• Bayer plans to allocate EUR 220 million for a new R&D facility at its Monheim site.
• Grupa Azoty S.A. to Construct New Plant in Tarnów, Poland for Manufacturing Concentrated Ammonium Nitrate Solution
• Germany initiates a substantial decrease in CO2 emissions from cereal crops
• ORLEN Unipetrol Invests CZK 370 Million to Modernize Ammonia Production Technology
• INEOS Styrolution collaborates with EGN and Tomra to transform post-consumer polystyrene waste into food contact polystyrene in Krefeld, Germany.
• AIMPLAS leads a new EU project to utilize slaughterhouse waste and paper and pulp sludge for agricultural and personal care purposes.
• Yara plans construction of new global plant for specialty fertilizers and biostimulants in Yorkshire, UK
• WACKER strengthens its biotechnology business with the acquisition of ADL Biopharma in Leon, Spain
• BakerHicks appointed by DSM for EPCM agreement to construct innovative feed additive plant reducing methane emissions from cattle
• Evonik to invest €25m in upgrading methionine intermediates production plant in Wesseling, Germany
• Grupa Azoty in Tarnów, Poland commissions yet another concentrated nitric acid unit
• Técnicas Reunidas secures engineering contract for Kazakhstan's largest ammonium production plant in Aktau, Mangistau Oblast
• PepsiCo plans €7.5M investment in biodigester for gas production at Lisbon plant
• Construction begins on Tessenderlo Kerley liquid fertilizer plant at Chemelot in The Netherlands.
• Highfield Resources successfully secures €320.6 million in senior secured project financing for Muga development
• Nouryon's acquisition of ADOB Fertilizers based in Poznań, Poland
• Yara to test Hystar's PEM electrolyser technology for enhanced efficiency in future green ammonia production at Kårstø Gas Processing Plant in Rogaland, Norway
• ADM Meets Accelerated Demand for Textured Soy Proteins with Opening of New Extrusion Facility in Serbia
• Topsoe and First Ammonia introduce world's largest electrolyzer capacity for zero emission Ammonia production
• Lallemand to acquire BASF's Nutrilife® baking enzymes business
• MetaboGen and BioGaia inaugurate pilot plant for novel bacterial strains in Eslöv, Sweden
• Yara enforces additional production cutbacks in Europe
• Achema Temporarily Halts Fertilizer Production at Jovanos, Lithuania, Due to Soaring Natural Gas Prices
• Record high gas prices lead to partial shutdown of nitrogen fertilizer production unit at Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn S.A.
• Record gas prices lead to temporary shutdown of nitrogen fertilizer, caprolactam, and polyamide 6 production units by Grupa Azoty S.A.
• BASF's Transformation of Cassina Rizzardi Market: Certified, Sustainably Sourced Coconut Oil