Plastic component in cars and automobiles don't have to look and feel cheap: More and more car manufacturers discover polycarbonate as a material for numerous variants of specially designed car interiors. Companies like Bayer and Gerhardi have developed specially tailored solutions to bring polycarbonates on the street.

With fast increasing commodity prices, it is no longer a viable option for manufacturers to discard a portion of their valuable food cargo, as this practice increases the cost of doing business. Also, avoiding losses due to moisture is important to maintain a food manufacturer’s market image. Thus, in order to address the growing need of the right kind of container desiccants, Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging, a member of Clariant’s Functional Materials Business Unit, has launched a line of patented container desiccants – called ‘Container Dri II’ line.

Slump in sales and trade crises: The chemical industry in Europe in general and Germany in particular had a bumpy start into 2019. The downward trend of 2018 intensified during the first half of the year, as important customer industries are weakening and the special effects of the pharmaceutical industry are starting to slow. Recovery is unlikely in the face of international uncertainty. Is that the low point or the beginning of a longer downtrend?

Akzo Nobel has announced plans to use 100 % renewable energy and become carbon neutral by 2050.

An innovative twist was added to Inbicon’s second generation ethanol production, helping create a revolutionary new process, which will be licensed worldwide. Many Indian companies may opt to benefit from this new and useful technology.

Process engineers at oil & gas refineries will find that the rugged ST100 Thermal Mass Flow Meter Series from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides highly accurate, dependable measurement of air and fuel gases to optimise the performance of the boilers utilised by sulfur recovery units (SRUs).

Borealis and Nova Chemicals Corporation signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA that will develop and own a new light feed cracker and a new Borstar polyethylene facility in Bayport, Texas.

Materials manufacturer Covestro has resolved to continue manufacturing the rigid foam precursor MDI in Tarragona (Spain). The plant closure that had originally been planned for the end of 2017 has been suspended for the time being.

Lets face a simple fact: Paint sludge is a hazardous waste that poses serious risk for both health and environment – yet they often an not be avoided in the process industry. Now, after four years of research, Indian experts were to convert paint sludge into industrial primers, that conform to every specification of the user industry...

Following a construction period of just two years, a joint venture between Evonik and the Dutch company DSM has commissioned its globally unique production plant in the US. Through the fermentative manufacture of natural marine algae, the new plant produces a special algal oil that contains the key omega-3 fatty acids needed for healthy salmon farming.