April 2024
Company News
- » M&As: Ineos completes acquisition of TotalEnergies’ French petchem assets; Borealis acquires Bulgarian recycling firm
- » Investments: KazMunayGas reduces share in Silleno; Nextchem raises stake in Italian plastics recycler
Materials News
- » Kraiburg TPE’s innovations and solutions at Chinaplas 2024
- » Packaging: Consumers cancelling culture of unsustainability April issue
- » Recycling: Technip/Anellotech to develop recycling tech; LyondellBasell/Genox open jv plastics recycling plant in China
- » Waste-to-hydrogen takes the cue in sustainable energy paradigm April issue
- » Country Focus; China: breaking the high carbon emissions cycle with EVs April issue
- » Expansions: Sabic Fujian Petrochemicals to use KBR phenol tech; Borealis/Borouge on track for capacities for XLPE, compounding at Ruwais and HVDC capacity at Antwerp
- » Green materials: Hyosung to invest in US$1 bn bio-BDO facility in Vietnam; Neste/Lotte Chemical team up on renewable chemicals/plastics
Machinery News
- » Cast film systems for the Asian market April issue
- » Kautex back to business under Jwell Machinery April issue
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March 2024
Company News
- » M&As: Evonik sells superabsorbents business to ICIG; Sumitomo Chemical sells equity in Sumika Color to Nippon Pigment
- » M&As: Kodiak expands footprint in specialty chemicals; Elkem exits battery materials company Vianode
- » M&As: Perstorp buys out minority partner at Chinese polyol site; Adnoc closes acquisition of stake in OMV
- » Strategies: Indorama looks at asset rationalisation, divestures; Evonik to cut 2,000 jobs, not upbeat on 2024 economic recovery
- » Finance: Trinseo to sell interest in Americas Styrenics; Vianode awarded EUR30 mn grant to advance Europe’s battery industry
- » Financing: Glencore injects US$75 mn in battery recycler Li-Cycle; EIB commits EUR500 mn loan to back R&D at Evonik
- » DOE funding: ExxonMobil’s Baytown olefins plant to receive up to US$332 mn; Eastman’s Texas project to receive US$375 mn
Materials News
- » Plants: Balrampur Chini pumps US$240 mn in PLA plant in India; Orbia halts PVC plant plans due to lower sales
- » Plants: LyondellBasell techs selected for Inner Mongolia complex in China; Trinseo to exit PC business and close plant in Germany
- » Plants: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to halt production of OX and PA; selling stake in plasticiser firm
- » Recycling: Exolon Group/Pekutherm tie-up recycling for thermoplastics; Zeon constructs COP recycling plant in Japan
- » Expansions: AkzoNobel completes coatings expansion in Vietnam; India’s Chemplast Sanmar commissions PVC paste plant in Chennai
- » Green tie-ups: Syensqo/Tomra to advance sorting of multilayer PVDC packaging waste; LG Chem/Korea Zinc tie up to explore US recycling market
- » Optimising ergonomics, safety in handle, grip and anti-slip mat designs
- » New IMO guidance ensures safe shipping of plastic pellets
- » Green news: Gazprom Neft opens plastics recycling plant in Russia; Sulzer to provide PLA tech to India’s Balrampur Chini Mills
- » Green materials: Eastman achieves on-spec output at US molecular recycling facility; Next Wave starts operations at ethylene-to-alkylate facility
- » Recycling: Sabic/Pashupati Group to target recycling in India; Dow/Procter & Gamble to develop dissolution-based recycling tech for PE
Machinery News
February 2024
Company News
- » BASF to exit Chinese BDO jvs; cites oversupply and human rights allegations
- » Financing: DuPont Teijin Films rebrands as Mylar Specialty Films; Dow completes US$1 bn green bond offering
- » M&As: Constantia Flexibles acquires Aluflexpack; IMCD strengthen its coatings and construction business with acquisition of ResChem
- » M&As: SQM invests US$9.4 mn in UK EV battery recycling firm Altilium; LyondellBasell acquires recycling assets in California
- » BASF looks to China for growth; to slash European costs by EUR1 bn
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Materials News
- » Expansions: Sabic/Fujian Energy break ground on US$6 bn petchem complex in China; Execution commences for Malaysia’s Pengerang Energy Complex
- » Green news: Covestro opens pilot plant for biobased aniline; Corsair to supply pyrolysis oil to Shell Singapore
- » Notable achievement for portable speakers with TPEs
- » Green tie-ups: Novoloop/Aether break ground on pilot plant in India for green TPUs; LG Chem/CJ CheilJedang join hands for bio-nylon business
- » Expansions: Turkey’s Bayegan selects Lummus tech for PDH/PP complex; QatarEnergy/CPChem break ground on US$6 bn petchem project in Qatar
Machinery News
January 2024
Company News
Materials News
- » Green tie-ups: Covestro/Encina in long-term supply of circular raw materials; Braskem/Shell to produce circular PP from mixed plastic waste in Germany
- » Kraiburg TPE innovative TPE solutions elevate bathroom accessories
- » Plastics industry to boost-intelligentisation, lightweighting, decarbonisation of NEVs
- » Green tie-ups: BASF/Envision collaborate on e-methanol from green hydrogen in China; BASF/Inditex breakthrough in textile recycling with launch of recycled PA6
