Future chemicals could be generated from shale gas, biomass, residual materials and waste gas — In fact, chemical companies and institutes around the world are working on the material use of CO2 and other effluents. Are projects like Carbon2Chem bringing about a new era of recycling management?

Finnish companies Stora Enso and Kemira have started the construction work for pilot projects addressing water-related issues in three villages in Guangxi Province in Southern China.

Weather green fuel or energy storage for overrun of solar and wind energy — hydrogen is an essential building block of the energy transition. Therefrom also Siemens benefits. The Technology-Company has been awarded to supply hydrogen electrolysis system to Germany and Switzerland.

How is the rubber contained in a dandelion’s milky white fluid formed? A team led by scientists from Münster University and from the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, IME, (Münster branch), has now identified proteins which play a key role in the production of rubber in the plant.

Nestlé announced that its Board of Directors has decided to change the organization of the infant nutrition business and to create a Strategic Business Unit to strengthen its global nutrition strategy. Also, there have been several changes in the Executive Board.

Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, announced the start-up of a Magnum ABS production line at the company’s manufacturing plant in Zhangjiagang, China.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has signed a memorandum of understanding with The Linde Group to explore the expansion of nitrogen facilities in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, to meet future industrial demand.

The trend towards biopharmcaeuticals poses several challenges for packaging specialists. It will be up to them to ensure the safe commercialisation of sensitive substances.

Experts state that the country’s generic exports are now growing at around 22 % per year, with India accounting for around 20-22 % of the world’s production.

Toray has developed a new variety of regular tow carbon fiber and has decided to build a new carbonization facility for mass production at the Mexico Plant (Jalisco) of its US subsidiary Zoltek to cater to the strongly growing carbon fiber demand. The new plant is expected to start production at the end of 2018.