SABIC has announced a new collaboration with Kraton to deliver certified renewable butadiene from its TRUCIRCLE portfolio for use in Kraton’s certified renewable styrenic block copolymers (SBC). This effort forms part of SABIC’s 2025 strategy, which includes a Sustainability Development Goal roadmap spanning the organization’s entire value chain and addressing 10 goals to help drive … Read more
Repsol has commenced work on the first advanced biofuels plant in Spain that the company is building at its Cartagena refinery. Repsol, in alignment with its ambition to become a net zero emissions company by 2050, will invest €200 million in this project that will enable the supply of 250,000 tonnes per year of advanced … Read more
Advanced Petrochemical Co. has announced that Advanced Polyolefins Industry Co., a subsidiary company, has signed a loan agreement with the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF). The loan agreement is valued at 3 billion Saudi Riyals ($800 million), and comes as a completion of the procedures and requirements stipulated by SIDF in the conditional loan approval. … Read more
JK Cement Ltd, a leading manufacturer of wall putty and grey cement in India, announced that it will make its foray into the paints business. “The board of directors of the company in their board meeting “approved entering into paint business through a wholly owned subsidiary, formation of new wholly owned subsidiary and investment in … Read more
BASF India Limited will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide grades to meet increasing market demand. The increased capacity at BASF’s production site in Panoli, Gujarat, will be available in Q4 2022. “The additional capacity reaffirms our dedication to being our customers’ supplier of choice for polyamidesand will help us meet the rapidly … Read more
Covestro recently started up two polycarbonate compounding production lines at its Greater Noida plant near New Delhi in India. The new plants are intended to meet the growing demand for compounded plastics, particularly for the automotive and electrical and electronics industries. In addition to its extensive polycarbonate portfolio, the company now has more than double … Read more
Indian refiner Nayara Energy, part-owned by Russian oil giant Rosneft, could likely delay its planned petrochemicals expansion as a result of Western sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, industry executives with knowledge of the matter said. Rosneft owns a 49% stake in Nayara Energy, which operates a 20 million tonnes a year refinery … Read more
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. has become the first company in Japan to commercially produce and ship biomass polypropylene (PP). Derived from bio-based hydrocarbons, this PP is certified as bio-based using the mass balance method in accordance with ISCC PLUS certification for plastic and chemical derivatives. Mitsui Chemicals received … Read more
ExxonMobil said it is planning a hydrogen production plant and one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects at its integrated refining and petrochemical site at Baytown, Texas. The projects are a supporting effort to reduce emissions from company operations and local industry. “Hydrogen has the potential to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in … Read more
Borouge, a joint-venture between The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria), has announced the successful start-up of its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais. The new unit will contribute to boosting the UAE’s production of polypropylene to meet the growing global demand for manufactured products in the recyclable … Read more
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to spend 602 billion won ($501.5 million) in building eco-friendly materials plants at one of its petrochemical complexes in the country. Lotte said on Monday it agreed with a local government to invest in a battery electrolyte organic sol-vents factory as well as carbon capture and utilization (CCU) … Read more
Air Liquide S.A. continues its development of biomethane activities with the construction in the USA of its largest biomethane production unit in the world. This will bring the worldwide biomethane production capacity of the Group to 1.8 TWh. The new production unit in the State of Illinois will allow Air Liquide to keep providing low-carbon … Read more
Honeywell and Navin Fluorine International Limited, part of the Padmanabh Mafatlal Group, announced a partnership to manufacture Honeywell’s proprietary Solstice range of hydrofluoroolefins (HFO) in India. Production is scheduled to commence by Q2-2022 at NFIL’s manufacturing facility in Gujarat. This portfolio of next generation products has no ozone depletion potential and a global warming potential … Read more
Air Liquide will invest around 3.5 billion Rupees (45.2 million euros) in a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) dedicated to Industrial Merchant activities in Kosi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. This unit will have a production capacity of 350 tons per day, with a maximum of 300 tons of oxygen. Air Liquide … Read more
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has set up a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) technology demonstration plant of 200 tonnes per annum at the Kochi Refinery. The plant was inaugurated by BPCL’s executive director in-charge (refineries) Sanjay Khanna, in the presence of other officials. Using the in-house acrylic acid as feedstock, SAP technology is used in various … Read more
BASF decided to build a new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France. The new plant is set to increase BASF’s annual HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons. Production is expected to start in 2024. Furthermore, BASF will expand its polyamide 6.6 (Nylon-6,6) production in Freiburg, Germany starting 2022. The planned investments will further … Read more
Eastman Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa, French President Emmanuel Macron jointly announced Eastman’s plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman’s polyester renewal technology to recycle up to 160,000 metric tonnes annually of hard-to-recycle plastic waste that is currently being incinerated. The … Read more
Toyo Ink India has opened a new gravure ink factory at its Gujarat site along the western coast of India. A part of the Tokyo-based global specialty chemicals conglomerate Toyo Ink Group, the new expansion will boost the company’s production capacity by more than 5,000 metric tonnes per annum. The new plant will allow Toyo … Read more
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Covestro for a new aniline plant in Antwerp, Belgium. Covestro is one of the world’s leading polymer companies, focusing on the manufacturing of high-tech polymer materials and the development of innovative, sustainable solutions for products … Read more
Röhm, a Germany-based methacrylate chemicals supplier is expanding its production plant for PLEXIGLAS (polymethyl methacrylate) molding compounds in Shanghai. The expanded molding compounds plant will go into operation in the second quarter of 2023. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) molding compounds are sold in the US under the brand name ACRYLITE. Recently, the company has announced the … Read more