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'Big Oil' taps into the chemical growth markets of Asia–Pacific: Exxon Mobil has doubled the production capacity of its Singapore plant in the largest chemical expansion project in the company’s history.

The specialised technology will be used for Hanwha Total Petrochemical’s new PP production facility in Daesan, South Korea. The facility is expected to commence operations in 2021.

Toyo India has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract (EPC) to build a new multi-business chemical production site for BASF India at the Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR), located in Dahej.

EuroChem announced that its Kazakhstan subsidiary has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Partnership with the Ministry of Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Akimat of the Jambyl Region of Southern Kazakhstan.

Is the time of optimism over? The chemical industry of crisis struck Europe announces a slight but significant output drop of 2.1 percent through first five months of 2012. The figures for May 2012 indicate that production levels are 0.7 percent below May 2011 level, industry association Cefic says.

Ineos Paraform starts up its new Dimethoxymethane (Methylal) production line at Mainz, Germany. This expansion to the company's portfolio allows it to further expand its business into the downstream acetals market, company speakers stated.

Global Bioenergies started the initial processing of wheat straw hydrolysate provided by its partner Clariant at its Leuna demo plant, to produce cellulosic isobutene for the first time at this scale. These first runs were part of Optisochem, a project which started in June 2017 and was granted approx. $ 11 million by the Bio Based Industry Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) as part of the H2020 program.

Nearly two years after the acquisition of Beijing–based Sino-German Tianhe Technology, GEA Pharma Systems takes stock of its Chinese subsidiary: Since 2010, the newly created GEA Lyophil (Beijing) has quadrupled turnover and enhanced its customer service by blending German quality and Chinese economy for Asia's emerging pharmaceutical industry.

Air Products has announced a pilot project to generate Europe’s first Guarantees of Origin (GO) for sustainable, renewable hydrogen produced in The Netherlands, under the Certif Hy scheme.