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Chemical
Chemical | 25 November 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical to cease MMA production in UK

The production of methacrylates at the site have been offline since January 2022, initially to undertake a planned overhaul, and since then due to the impact of rapidly escalating natural gas prices caused by the situation in Ukraine

General
General | 25 November 2022

Croatian specialty chemical plant in Split goes 100% solar powered

CorteCros’ green transition to a carbon neutral plant and adjustment to its own energy resources is of huge importance for Cortec as an environmentally conscious manufacturer

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 25 November 2022

Sabic plans new oil-to-chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia

The crude-to chemical at Ras al-Khair will convert 400,000 barrels/day (b/d) of oil into chemicals

General
General | 25 November 2022

Tecnimont opens new EPC office in Delhi-NCR, India

The Delhi-NCR office is in the business area of Gurugram and will help TCMPL further enhance the level of the services offered throughout the country.

General
General | 25 November 2022

Brenntag expands warehousing facility in Massachusetts, US

This new 33,000-square feet facility solidifies Brenntag’s presence as a leading chemicals distributor in the Northeast region of the United States.

Gas
Gas | 25 November 2022

LG Chem to build plant for dry reforming of methane in South Korea

The Company will build this DRM plant using proprietary technologies instead of externally licensed technologies, even developing catalysts essential for carbon dioxide conversion using its own technologies.

Regulatory
Regulatory | 24 November 2022

ICC Sustainability Conclave 2022: Product stewardship is a journey beyond regulatory compliance

Chemical industry experts not in favor of stringent regulatory actions but instead bat for self regulation

Chemical
Chemical | 24 November 2022

Aksharchem stops production of Vinyl Sulphone at Indrad plant

Company has stopped production of Vinyl Sulphone (VS) plant at village Indrad, district Mehsana, Gujarat as it is due for maintenance

Chemical
Chemical | 24 November 2022

DSM, Firmench launch exchange offer for merger

Under the Exchange Offer, the DSM Shareholders will be entitled, subject to certain terms and conditions, to exchange each DSM Ordinary Share they hold for one newly issued DSM-Firmenich Ordinary Share

General
General | 24 November 2022

Vopak and PETRONAS sign MoU to explore opportunities in CCS value chain solutions

The aggregation of CO2 emissions from various emitters in the Southeast Asia region is also part of the feasibility study

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 November 2022

Neste acquires used cooking oil collection and aggregation business in the U.S

The transaction includes shares in SeQuential Environmental Services, LLC, and Pure, LLC, as well as a UCO processing plant in Salem, Oregon

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 November 2022

Aral pilots two new lower carbon fuels in Germany

Both fuels reduce CO2 emissions compared to pure fossil fuels by at least 25% and contain at least 30% of high-quality renewable components, including a significant share of advanced renewable components

General
General | 24 November 2022

Birla Carbon to participate at International Rubber Conference & Expo 2022

The company will present its complete portfolio of high-performance carbon blacks for customers’ applications along with a range of sustainable solutions, including Continua Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials

Chemical
Chemical | 24 November 2022

Best Agrolife launches two indigenously manufactured CTPR-based formulations

The company organized a mega distributors’ meet and launched two new revolutionary CTPR-based formulations - Citigen and Vistara in Bangkok

Digitization
Digitization | 24 November 2022

ICC Sustainability Conclave 2022: Digital transformation critical to achieving sustainability targets

As per experts, implementation of digital initiatives can’t be just a part of the optimization but the entire spectrum

People
People | 24 November 2022

Songwon announces new leadership appointments

Hans Werhonig has been appointed as Leader Group Commercial and a member of SONGWON’s Executive Committee from December 1st, 2022.

General
General | 24 November 2022

Henkel partners with LAIIER to drive smart building applications based on printed electronics

Jointly the companies aim to drive the implementation of LAIIER´s Severn Water Leak Detector for commercial and industrial buildings

Sustainability
Sustainability | 24 November 2022

Umicore completes €591 million sustainability linked private debt placement

This issue further ties the Group’s funding to its sustainability performance

Opinion
Opinion | 23 November 2022

Plastics: Wonder or harmful material? Varun Singh Poonia, Deputy Industrial Adviser, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

More than 250 samples of bottled drinking water from nine different nations were tested in 2018, and it was discovered that 90% of the samples were contaminated with plastic, notably polypropylene (54%), nylon (16%), and polyethylene or PET (6 percent)

General
General | 23 November 2022

Briefs: Ester Industries and Time Technoplast Limited

The progress on consolidation cum restructuring of overseas business of Time Technoplast Limited is progressing very well

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