Bayer MaterialScience plans to construct a new world-scale production facility for the coating raw material isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) at its integrated site in Shanghai, China.

Wacker Chemie is expanding its silicone production at its Jandira site near São Paulo, Brazil.

Royal DSM and Evonik announced their intention to establish a joint venture for omega-3 fatty acid products from natural marine algae for animal nutrition — enabling fish farming without using fish-based resources.

BASF's rise to becoming a global battery giant takes the next step: The world's biggest chemical company opens its first manufacturing facility dedicated to commercial-scale production of advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries in Elyria/Ohio, USA...

LyondellBasell has successfully started up a new 320 KT per year Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (ACP) high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at Münchsmünster, Germany.

The Korean firm SK E&C won the front end engineering & design contract for Ineos’ 750 ktpa facility in Belgium. The scheduled plant is expected to be energy as well as carbon efficient and aims to provide Europe with a sustainable industry.

MMEX Resources plans to build a 50,000-barrel per day (bpd) crude oil refinery in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The $ 450 million project would be the fourth refinery in the Permian, which is currently home to 300,000 bpd of refining capacity.

In March 2017 the privately run industrial gases provider, Messer, opened a 150,000 tons CO2 recovery plant in Nanjing, China, making the company the biggest provider of CO2 in China.

The Marchesini Group has acquired Axomatic, a company which specialises in the packaging machinery sector and V2engineering which is an expert in developing cartooning machines. The takeovers are expected to strengthen the firm’s cosmetic packaging business.

German industrial supplier RMA enters the Middle–Eastern Growth Markets: The firm has just launched its new subsidiary company, RMA Middle East, at the Bahrain International Investment Park. With this step, the company hopes to participate from growth in the local petro- and petrochemical industry...