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Technology
Technology | 12 March 2022

Sulzer technology selected for renewable fuels plant in Malaysia

The new plant located at Sapangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, will deliver an annual production capacity of 250,000 tons

Start-up
Start-up | 12 March 2022

Dubai-based agrochemical startup AgFarm opens offices in India

Company's products will only be available on e-commerce platforms like nurture.retail, DeHaat, AgroStar, FAARMS etc at never-before attractive prices

Sustainability
Sustainability | 11 March 2022

Carbios produces 100% enzymatically recycled white PET fiber from colored textile waste

The company takes textile circularity a step ahead with its enzymatic recycling technology

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2022

Specialty chemicals price trend in January 22

Acrylic acid prices have risen 7.6% QoQ / 90.8% YoY to Rs179 (vs Rs166).

People
People | 11 March 2022

Graham Corporation appoints new CFO

Christopher J. Thome will join as Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer effective April 4, 2022

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2022

LBB Specialties acquires Canadian distributor Debro

Acquiring Debro exemplifies the company's commitment to being a leader in the North American specialty chemical and ingredients distribution market

General
General | 11 March 2022

Yara cuts ammonia production due to increased natural gas prices

Temporarily curtailing production at its Italy and France plants having combined annual capacity of 1 million tonnes ammonia and 0.9 million tonnes urea

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 March 2022

OMV, ALBA to jointly build waste plastics sorting plant in Germany

The collaboration will secure the delivery of high-quality suitable feedstock for chemical recycling from ALBA Recycling to OMV to help close the loop for plastics

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2022

BASF opens new laboratory for automotive refinish coatings in Germany

With its new building, BASF Coatings contributes towards BASF’s target to reach net zero carbon emission for 2050

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2022

Lanxess posts higher earnings on strong sales, volumes

EBITDA pre exceptionals increased by 17.2 percent to EUR 1.010 billion compared with EUR 862 million a year earlier

Battery
Battery | 10 March 2022

POSCO Chemical enters North American EV battery market via GM JV in Canada

POSCO Chemical produces high-nickel cathode materials and will supply to Ultium Cells plants in the U.S.

Technology
Technology | 10 March 2022

NRL supported startup acquired by Australian company

The support from Numaligarh Refinery enabled Onetracker to successfully explore business opportunities in global markets

General
General | 10 March 2022

LBB Specialties acquires Debro

LBB Specialties is a leader in the North American specialty chemical and ingredients distribution industry.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 10 March 2022

Aramco and Sinopec ink MoU for potential downstream collaboration in China

Companies to optimize operations at Fujian Refining and Petrochemicals Project

Chemical
Chemical | 10 March 2022

Grasim to ramp up chemical plant capacity by 439 KTPA in next 3 years

Through brownfield expansion, the company plans to expand the caustic soda capacity to 1,530 KTPA from 1,264 KTPA by FY2024

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 10 March 2022

Wacker and SFC Energy sign letter of intent for renewable methanol supply, distribution

The letter states that, starting in 2025, WACKER plans to supply SFC Energy with up to 2,000 metric tons of methanol from the RHYME Bavaria project planned for its Burghausen site

General
General | 10 March 2022

Teijin to use green energy to power its li-ion battery plant in South Korea

Company expects initially to replace approximately 30% of the plant’s annual electricity consumption with renewable energy and eventually convert fully to renewable energy by 2025

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 10 March 2022

Braskem, partners receive DOE grant for PE recycling project

The team will focus their effort on redesigning polyethylene (PE) packaging material to produce plastic packaging that can be recycled infinitely or safely degrade in the environment

Chemical
Chemical | 10 March 2022

Brenntag reports rise in EBIDTA, sales across business verticals

Company's operating gross profit rose by 19.6% to 3,379 million EUR compared to 2,869 million EUR in the previous year

General
General | 10 March 2022

Bayer to sell its environmental science professional business to PE firm Cinven for $2.6 billion

Transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year

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