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Chemical
Chemical | 02 February 2022

Westlake completes acquisition of Hexion’s epoxy business

Company completes acquisition of Hexion’s global epoxy business for ~$1.2 billion

Battery
Battery | 02 February 2022

Solvay announces PVDF capacity investment to meet growing EV battery demand

The €300 million investment supports a fully integrated and digitalized PVDF operation and will increase capacity at Solvay's site in Tavaux, France to 35 kilotons

General
General | 02 February 2022

LyondellBasell features in ‘World's Most Admired Companies’ list

LyondellBasell has received this distinction for five consecutive years

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 02 February 2022

INEOS Styrolution sells thermoplastic composite business to Ensinger

The acquisition adds an exclusive SAN based product range to Ensinger’s comprehensive thermoplastic composite portfolio

Chemical
Chemical | 02 February 2022

Nouryon commissions biodegradable chelates plant in Netherlands

The start-up of the new site in Herkenbosch, Netherlands is expected in the second quarter of 2022

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 02 February 2022

Braskem invests in advance recycling firm Nexus Circular

Using a proprietary advanced recycling technology, Nexus converts a range of hard-to-recycle plastics especially landfill bound plastic films into its circular feedstocks which can then be converted back into virgin plastics

General
General | 02 February 2022

Firmenich to market Finlay's tea, coffee extracts portfolio in Europe

As a part of the agreement, Firmenich will focus on commercializing two core parts of Finlays’ extracts business in Europe: its world-leading Cold Brew Coffee portfolio and its Tea Extract portfolio

Gas
Gas | 02 February 2022

TotalEnergies and Veolia to collaborate on biomethane projects

The partners will develop and co-invest in a portfolio of international projects, with the ambition to produce up to 1.5 terawatt-hours (TWh) of biomethane per year by 2025

Chemical
Chemical | 02 February 2022

Sabic buys Clariant’s 50% stake in Scientific Design

The move is aimed at securing a greater share of the Specialties market

Digitization
Digitization | 02 February 2022

Lanxess signs digitization partnership with Siemens

The contract, which will initially run for five years, covers an order volume in the mid-double-digit million euro range and can also be extended to other material groups at any time

Sustainability
Sustainability | 02 February 2022

Honeywell to help Walmart reduce its carbon footprint

Reduced global warming potential (GWP) solution is supermarket industry's most widely accepted replacement for higher-GWP solutions

Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles | 02 February 2022

ABB e-mobility increases majority stake in Chinese Chargedot

Transaction builds on ABB’s initial investment, increasing stake from 67 to 80%

Chemical
Chemical | 02 February 2022

Sun Chemical to increase prices on color materials portfolio

Continuous inflationary pressure and further price spikes for key raw materials continue to drive cost increases.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 02 February 2022

Alpek inks agreement to acquire PET producer Octal

Alpek will purchase 100% of Octal’s shares for U.S. $620 million on a debt-free basis.

Chemical
Chemical | 01 February 2022

ExxonMobil restructures businesses; Relocates HQ

Combines chemical and downstream businesses, centralizes technology and engineering and key service organizations

Digitization
Digitization | 01 February 2022

ExxonMobil selects Yokogawa as system integrator for open process automation field trial

Collaboration on ExxonMobil project to advance OPA system from test bed to real-world production process facility -

Technology
Technology | 01 February 2022

Recon bags metering instrument maintenance contract from Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical

The total amount of the contract is RMB6.87 million.

Gas
Gas | 01 February 2022

Adani Total Gas to invest Rs. 12,000 Cr in CGD

The company has won licenses to expand its CGD network to 14 new GAs in the recently concluded 11th round of CGD bidding by PNGRB

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 01 February 2022

GAIL launches India's first project of mixing hydrogen into CGD network

It is expected that this pilot project would help in creation of a robust standard and regulatory framework in India to cover the aspects of injecting hydrogen into natural gas

General
General | 01 February 2022

Economic Survey 2021-22 : Industrial sector to grow by 11.8% in FY2021-22

Gradual unlocking of the economy, record vaccinations, improvement in consumer demand, and continued policy support towards industries have led to an upturn

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