Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 15 December 2025

HOYER Group launches state-of-the-art MDI Logistics facility in Shanghai with Covestro

The facility will handle filling and storage of MDI in drums and IBC totes

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Clariant’s CATOFIN catalyst drives strong performance at Ningxia PDH plant

The PDH plant has a design capacity of 300,000 tons of propylene per year

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

SABIC expands PPE oligomers capacity for AI and 5G data-center PCBs

The further expansion in PPE oligomers is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2026

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 December 2025

Tamilnadu Petroproducts expands LAB plant capacity by 21%

Announces shutdown of LAB plant for capacity expansion

Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS)
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCUS) | 15 December 2025

Technip Energies bags engineering contract for Thailand’s first CCS project

This project represents a strategic step toward applying the technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Sika acquires Swedish mortar firm Finja

Finja is a leading Swedish producer and system provider of a comprehensive range of dry mortars, floor leveling compounds, and facade systems

Chemical
Chemical | 15 December 2025

Kumho Mitsui Chemicals to increase MDI production capacity in South Korea

The company has approved a 100,000-ton per year expansion

R&D
R&D | 14 December 2025

Platinum Industries appoints Dr. Frank Abraham as Global Director, R&D

Dr. Abraham, a German polymer scientist with more than 20 years of international experience in advanced materials, additive formulation, and polymer chemistry

Sustainability
Sustainability | 13 December 2025

EU strikes deal on sweeping new vehicle circularity rules

Under the draft, all new vehicles must be designed for easy dismantling by authorised treatment facilities

Technology
Technology | 13 December 2025

Johnson Matthey opens first hydrogen internal combustion engine facility in Gothenburg

This center, built on time and budget, strengthens JM's sustainable tech leadership and capability for testing full engines up to 600kW

R&D
R&D | 13 December 2025

EIB backs ALTANA with €300 million credit line to fuel sustainable innovation

The financing further strengthen ALTANA's leading position in the field of future-proof specialty chemicals

R&D
R&D | 13 December 2025

UPM unveils world’s first carbon-negative, fully recyclable black pigment

The innovation -- UPM Circular Renewable Black -- is the world’s first bio-based, near-infrared (NIR) detectable, carbon-negative black

Sustainability
Sustainability | 13 December 2025

Utility Global teams up with Kyocera to scale clean hydrogen production for heavy industry

The collaboration aims to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as steel, refining, petrochemicals, and chemicals

R&D
R&D | 13 December 2025

BASF invested around €2 billion in R&D in 2024, generated 1,000+ new patents

BASF focuses on innovation and AI to drive green transformation

Recycling
Recycling | 13 December 2025

BASF & Essity team up with TU Wien to turn diapers into chemical feedstock

BASF and TU Wien’s innovative gasification technology converts solid waste into gas at temperatures above 600 °C

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 13 December 2025

India flags off hydrogen mobility pilot, marking major push for clean transport

Toyota Kirloskar Motor handed over its hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), the Toyota Mirai, to the National Institute of Solar Energy for extensive real-world testing

General
General | 13 December 2025

Hexion sells Oregon manufacturing site to Kronospan in strategic portfolio shift

The deal builds on a series of strategic moves by Hexion aimed at transforming its plant network and product mix

Digitization
Digitization | 13 December 2025

Grace and Molecule.one strike multi-year AI pact to break peptide manufacturing bottlenecks

The partnership builds on Molecule.one’s win in the Standard Industries Chemical Innovation Challenge

Battery
Battery | 13 December 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical to transfer US & UK battery electrolyte assets to Green E Origin

The deal covers manufacturing businesses operated by Mitsubishi Chemical America in Memphis, Tennessee, and Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd. in Billingham, England

People
People | 13 December 2025

Arun Bharat Ram honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Hurun India’s Family Business Excellence Awards 2025

This accolade serves as a powerful tribute to Bharat Ram’s visionary leadership, profound resilience, and unwavering commitment to excellence

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