Renewable
Renewable | 17 July 2026

Acelen Renewables and Bunge strike landmark soybean oil deal to fuel Brazil’s renewable energy push

Under the agreement, Bunge will supply Acelen Renewables with 300,000 metric tons of certified soybean oil annually, totaling more than 1 million metric tons over the contract period

Chemical
Chemical | 17 July 2026

BASF expands specialty emollients capacity with new Dusseldorf production plant

The new facility will produce specialty emollients used in skin care and sun protection products

Chemical
Chemical | 17 July 2026

Evonik completes global integration of MetAMINO production network with Mobile expansion

The project establishes on-site production of the key intermediate methyl mercaptan at all three of Evonik's major methionine production hubs

Digitization
Digitization | 17 July 2026

ABB strikes $5.5 billion deal to buy Rotork

Boosting automation & electrification push

General
General | 17 July 2026

DuPont unveils end-to-end direct lithium extraction portfolio to boost recovery

The new offering brings together more than 20 products spanning lithium-selective sorbents, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes, ion exchange resins and ultrafiltration technologies

General
General | 17 July 2026

Air Liquide commits $160 million to power Arizona’s advanced chip boom

The new facility will supply critical ultra-high purity gases to a global leader’s expanding advanced chip manufacturing operations

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 17 July 2026

Evonik taps Brenntag as exclusive European distributor for REXIM GMP-grade amino acids

Brenntag will take responsibility for market development and distribution of the REXIM portfolio across most of Europe

Chemical
Chemical | 17 July 2026

German chemical industry crisis deepens as recovery slips out of reach: VCI

Production fell by around three percent compared with the same period last year

Chemical
Chemical | 17 July 2026

Kansai Nerolac expands adhesives play with strategic partnership between Nerofix and Italy’s Durante Adesivi

The partnership marks a major step in Kansai Nerolac’s strategy to strengthen its presence in India’s growing adhesives ecosystem

Technology
Technology | 17 July 2026

Johnson Matthey completes sale of Catalyst Technologies to Honeywell

CT is a global provider of catalysts and process technologies that enable decarbonisation of the chemical and energy industries

General
General | 17 July 2026

Briefs: Petrochemicals and India Pesticides

India reinstates normal import duties on 40 critical petrochemicals

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 17 July 2026

SABIC and Rongsheng sign deal for advanced materials project in China

SABIC and Rongsheng Petrochemical are evaluating a potential equity investment by SABIC up to 50% of Rongsheng New Materials

Battery
Battery | 17 July 2026

Coreshell secures eight-year LFP supply pact to strengthens US battery supply chain

Coreshell said the agreement enables it to offer a battery platform that is FEOC-compliant at both the anode and cathode level

Digitization
Digitization | 17 July 2026

L&T Technology partners with Anthropic to bring AI-powered engineering intelligence to products & manufacturing

The move is aimed at helping global enterprises move beyond task automation by using AI to improve engineering decision-making

Battery
Battery | 17 July 2026

Atlas Lithium targets Q4 2027 production as Neves Project gains global buyer interest

The 100%-owned Neves Project is being developed as a vertically integrated mining and processing complex designed to produce approximately 150,000 tonnes of high-quality lithium oxide concentrate annually

Chemical
Chemical | 17 July 2026

Aquatech strengthens industrial water platform with METICHEM acquisition

METICHEM will continue operating as a standalone business within Aquatech’s global services division

Recycling
Recycling | 17 July 2026

PureCycle breaks recycling barrier with BOPP film breakthrough partnership in Japan

The partnership represents a major step toward bringing recycled content into high-performance packaging applications

Renewable
Renewable | 17 July 2026

India’s clean energy boom sparks urgent push for AI-ready workforce as sector eyes 7.29 million jobs by FY28

India’s ambitious manufacturing targets and rapid renewable energy expansion are creating demand for professionals

Recycling
Recycling | 17 July 2026

DePoly opens first industrial showcase plant in Switzerland to turn plastic waste into virgin-quality materials

The facility is the first depolymerization plant of its kind and scale in Switzerland

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 16 July 2026

PM to flag off India's first hydrogen train between Jind and Sonipat on July 17

This train is among the world's longest and most powerful hydrogen trains

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