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BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

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—Bir Darbar Mehta, Senior Vice President of Petrochemicals Asia Pacific at BASF Besides the above-mentioned raw materials, the syngas plant can utilize further feedstocks, ensuring more reliable production. Electricity will be supplied by the site-wide grid which is expected to be powered with 100 % renewable energy by 2025.

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EAM Jaishankar discusses semiconductors, green growth with Belgium’s top diplomat – ET Auto

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EAM Jaishankar discusses semiconductors, green growth with Belgium’s top diplomat External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Secretary-General of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Theodora Gentzis discussed strengthening economic and political cooperation between India, Belgium and the EU on Tuesday.

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Umicore inaugurates CAM plant in Poland; complete battery materials value chain in Europe

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Its state-of-the-art product and process technologies complement our metals refining and cathode precursor production facility in Finland as well as our world-class R&D and pioneering battery recycling activities in Belgium. Construction of the plant began in 2019 and production started in July this year.

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Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy-duty electric trucks

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Now we are ramping up volumes and will deliver these great trucks to customers all over Europe, and later on also to customers in Asia, Australia and Latin America. Series production of Volvo’s heaviest electric trucks will start in the Tuve factory in Gothenburg, Sweden and next year the factory in Ghent, Belgium will follow.

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Volvo Trucks leading market in Europe and in N America for electric heavy-duty trucks

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Now, its electric product range is being made available in new markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. In the third quarter of 2023, serial production will also start at Volvo’s largest factory in Ghent, Belgium. Volvo Trucks leads the market in Europe and in North America for heavy electric trucks after the first quarter of 2023.

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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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By picking Slovakia as the location for its new plant, Volvo Cars is creating a European triangle of manufacturing covering its largest sales region—complementing the Ghent plant (Belgium) in western Europe and the Torslanda plant (Sweden) in northern Europe. The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

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The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

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