January 2026
Company News
- » M&As: Verdant acquires Lubrizol’s oil/gas assets; Chemours sells former titanium dioxide site in Taiwan
- » Plant closures: Tronox to close pigment plant in China; Alpek to shut down PET recycling plant in US
- » Sabic to divest European plastics/petchem assets for US$950 mn to German buyers
- » M&As: HF Sinclair closes purchase of lubricants manufacturer; Henkel to acquire ATP Adhesive Systems
- » M&As: Indorama sells Czech PET recycling plant; BASF mulling sale of biometric subsidiary trinamiX
Materials News
- » KRAIBURG TPE Levels Up Performance of Food Containers, Fender Flares, and PPE with TPEs
- » POE/POP growth on the uptrend; fuelled by solar panels and China
- » Recycling: Amcor commissions Greenback recycling system at UK facility; Kemira to collaborate with Hazer on methane pyrolysis technology
- » POE/POP growth on the uptrend; fuelled by solar panels and China
- » Green news: Vioneo moves biobased plant from Belgium to China; Zeopore/BioBTX report higher aromatics yield from waste plastics










