BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers of functional ingredients, has announced a multi-million investment program for the coming years to expand capacity for its prebiotic chicory root fibre production sites in Pemuco, Chile and Oreye, Belgium. The first step will see more than €30 million invested. The entire program will ensure a significant capacity increase of more than 40 percent of BENEO’s global chicory root fibre production to meet rising customer demand and drive further growth within the market. The work on both production sites is beginning in 2022.

EARTH recuperative reforming technology is a breakthrough in sustainable hydrogen production via steam methane reforming

The drop-in solution offers producers a cost-efficient way to save energy or to increase capacity with a decreased CO2 footprint
First commercial use has shown drastic reductions in CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, and pressure drop at the same yield

Today, the First Movers Coalition was launched at COP26 in Glasgow by the U.S. State Department and the World Economic Forum. Vattenfall has joined as a founding member and is thereby committing to increasing the share of emerging technologies critical to the net-zero transition in its procurements.

Proprietary AI technology cuts herbicide usage by 78% on average while improving weed control efficacy compared to standard broadcast spraying

Commercial launch takes place in Israel, with roll-out in North America set to follow in early 2022
First commercial precision spraying system suitable for in-crop (green on green) spraying available in North America

If we do not invest more in protecting biodiversity, development cannot be sustainable and we will not eradicate hunger or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ahead of his participation in the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins in Marseille today.

In view of the current tightening of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission ambitions in Europe, it is with great pride that DSM and Fibrant announce the accomplishment of a major reduction in the GHG emission of Caprolactam and thus subsequently also of PA6 as produced in Europe by July 2021. The GHG emission saved is estimated to be around 800 million kg CO2 on annual basis. This significant reduction has been achieved by implementing several technology improvements amongst which an advanced N2O abatement program in Fibrant’s Caprolactam production process.

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