People
People | 22 September 2022

Borealis appoints Jonatas Melo as VP Performance Materials

Most recently, he held the position of Senior Vice President Asia South in Borouge.

Policy
Policy | 21 September 2022

NIST awards funding for educational programs on a circular economy to reduce plastic waste

The Training for Improving Plastics Circularity (TIPC) Grant Program aims to develop the future workforce needed to grow a circular economy for plastics.

Policy
Policy | 21 September 2022

Environmental body seeks modification in EPA’s proposed changes to chemical disaster prevention rule

Profile of three recent chemical incidents shows need for additional requirements

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 September 2022

RenewCO2 gets seed round from Energy Transition Ventures

Ground-breaking eCUT process creates carbon-negative chemicals for plastics from carbon dioxide and water using renewable power

General
General | 21 September 2022

LyondellBasell named to the FTSE4Good Index

The FTSE4Good indexes are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 September 2022

Petronas Chemicals and ExxonMobil to collaborate on plastic recycling in Malaysia

The agreement builds on a long-standing relationship between ExxonMobil and PETRONAS that has seen multiple successful collaborations and business ventures in Malaysia and abroad.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 September 2022

BASF and Evonik join hands to reduce the environmental footprint of animal protein industries

Global science-based companies enter up into agreement to enable transparent environmental assessment & accelerate impact reduction of the animal protein value chain

Policy
Policy | 21 September 2022

Indian chemical industry registered trade deficit of Rs 12.69000 crore up to May 2022

While exports and imports have both been more than that of the corresponding period of previous year, increase in imports has been more.

General
General | 21 September 2022

Azelis expands pharmaceutical offerings with Clariant

Azelis’ customers now have access to products including the well-established Polyglykol portfolio, as well as a brand-new range of Motusflex and VitiPure excipients.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 September 2022

Neste launches study on transitioning Porvoo Refinery to a renewable and circular site

Separate investment decisions would be taken as the planning proceeds.

Chemical
Chemical | 21 September 2022

Essentium and Braskem partner to unlock sustainable and rapid production of 3D printed thermoplastic components

The partners are committed to delivering a full-service AM experience to bring this new level of capability and sustainability to customers.

General
General | 21 September 2022

Solvay and CERN launch STEM Education programme for high school students

The three-year programme combines online learning and a residential camp at CERN, aimed at fostering interest in STEM across the world.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 September 2022

Topsoe accelerates climate commitment by setting ambitious net-zero targets

Builds on Topsoe’s target of reducing its customers’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022.

Chemical
Chemical | 21 September 2022

Asia's first industrial insect company Nutrition Technologies closes US$20m equity round

Nutrition Technologies will use the fund on an expansion into new markets, launch new products, accelerate R&D; and create new strategic partnerships.

General
General | 21 September 2022

PPG’s New Paint for a New Start transforms 36 schools worldwide

Initiative is part of company’s ongoing COLORFUL COMMUNITIES program

Chemical
Chemical | 21 September 2022

OCOchem bags extension of contract to develop prototype electrolyzer for U.S. Army

New chemical technology to be used to protect military base roads, vehicles, and the environment; could save U.S. taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars annually

Technology
Technology | 21 September 2022

BASF partners with RiKarbon on emollients derived from bio-waste

Partnership builds on successful R&D activities of RiKarbon Inc. for new green emollients from bio-waste for personal care formulations

Technology
Technology | 20 September 2022

sensXPERT enables plastics manufacturers to increase production efficiency by up to 30%

Continuous process optimization driven by real-time sensor-based machine, mold and material data

Chemical
Chemical | 20 September 2022

OQ Chemicals launches neopentyl glycol diheptanoate to substitute cyclic silicones

Due to its special properties, cosmetics manufacturers like to use Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate for color cosmetics, skin care, hair care, sun care, and antiperspirant formulations.

Chemical
Chemical | 20 September 2022

Toyo Ink to double laminating adhesives production capacity in Asia

Aims to boost global supply chain by 1.5 times current level by end of 2027

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