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Sustainability
Sustainability | 08 October 2021

Westlake and Nexii partners to support sustainable building

The alliance with Nexii supports Westlake’s longstanding commitment to sustainability and stewardship of the environment.

General
General | 08 October 2021

Lonza to expand Mammalian development services in Singapore

This investment will expand the current laboratory capabilities by establishing a new 1,800m2 laboratory at Singapore Science Park, increasing the headcount of the mammalian development services team in Singapore to 125 employees

Chemical
Chemical | 08 October 2021

Air Products' new liquid hydrogen plant goes onstream at Texas facility

Liquid hydrogen capacity to supply increasing demand in several markets

Chemical
Chemical | 08 October 2021

DKSH and Wacker Metroark Chemicals extend distribution agreement for India

DKSH now adds Wacker’s silicones, amine catalysts, and tin catalysts for polyurethane foam, rigid foam, and flexible foam manufacturing, to its polyurethane product portfolio in India.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 08 October 2021

Sabic starts up PP compounding line in Belgium

The new line is an addition to the company’s existing production capacity for SABIC polypropylene compounds at the Genk site and will use raw materials from SABIC’s PP plants at Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and Geleen, The Netherlands

Chemical
Chemical | 08 October 2021

Enko, Nufarm partner on novel crop health molecules

Collaboration will increase farmer's access to safe herbicide candidates

Energy
Energy | 08 October 2021

Plug Power, SK Group form hydrogen joint venture

Through this initiative, the two companies will collaborate to provide hydrogen fuel cell systems, hydrogen fueling stations, electrolyzers and green hydrogen to the Korean and other Asian markets

Chemical
Chemical | 08 October 2021

Clariant, Linde to jointly develop new catalysts for ethylene production

The novel catalyst is a step change in selectivity and productivity, now making ethylene production via ODH-E commercially feasible

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 08 October 2021

Nexeo Plastics and Covestro Additive Manufacturing expand 3D printing distribution partnership

Nexeo Plastics will now also offer direct global distribution of additional Covestro filaments, as well as Somos resins.

People
People | 08 October 2021

Chevron Phillips Chemical announces executive leadership changes

The company also announced the realignment of Executive leadership responsibilities as follows, effective Nov. 1, 2021.

General
General | 07 October 2021

Novozymes and Anuvia collaborates to improve nutritional value of crops

As a first step, the partnership will combine Novozymes' phosphate solubilizing microbial solutions with Anuvia's sustainable bio-based fertilizer products to enhance macro-nutrient efficiency with a focus on phosphate

Energy
Energy | 07 October 2021

Dow announces eight new renewable power purchase agreements

The power supplied by the new agreements is expected to reduce Dow's scope 2 emissions by more than 600,000 metric tons of CO2e per year

Sustainability
Sustainability | 07 October 2021

Firmenich advances towards achieving carbon neutrality in its operations by 2025

Building on its leadership in Responsible Business, Firmenich has stepped up progress towards its ground-breaking 2025 ESG goals across three key areas: climate, nature and people

Chemical
Chemical | 07 October 2021

Technip Energies, Siemens Energy to jointly develop decarbonized olefins cracker technology

The ROC technology employs a dynamic reactor system that replaces conventional furnaces used for pyrolysis when manufacturing light olefins – the building blocks for chemical products used in everyday materials, from packaging to polymers

General
General | 07 October 2021

Brenntag expands distribution agreement with Evonik in Eastern Europe

Brenntag will distribute Dynasylan product line to 16 countries in Eastern Europe

Chemical
Chemical | 07 October 2021

LANXESS completes sale of its stake in chrome ore mine in South Africa

It was strategically logical for LANXESS to also divest its stake in the chrome ore mine as its main source of raw materials.

Chemical
Chemical | 07 October 2021

Kraton enters into definitive agreement to be acquired by DL Chemical

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Kraton stockholders will receive $46.50 in cash for each share of Kraton common stock they own.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 07 October 2021

ExxonMobil increases participation in Scotland carbon capture and storage project

The project intends to capture, transport and store CO2 in secure reservoirs beneath the North Sea.

Chemical
Chemical | 07 October 2021

Briefs: Balaji Amines, Vinyl Chemicals India and Engineers India

Balaji Amines Ltd has announced that there was small incident at its unit III demethylformamide (DMF) plant due to which leakages/breakdown has taken place.

Chemical
Chemical | 07 October 2021

Dow to build net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex in Canada

The project would more than triple Dow’s ethylene and polyethylene capacity from its Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta site, while retrofitting the site’s existing assets to net-zero carbon emissions

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