The new project is part of Ineos’ recent 2 billion dollar plus green hydrogen investment announcement in Europe. Under the new project, Ineos’ subsidiary Inovyn will develop a 100 MW electrolyzer at its Koln site in Germany in order to produce green hydrogen which will be used to manufacture green ammonia. The project will also develop E-Fuels through Power-to-Methanol applications at an industrial scale at the site.

Under a MOU signed between PureCycle Technologies and Mitsui, both the companies will jointly develop and operate a recycling facility in Japan to convert polypropylene waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene. The move is expected to support the establishment of a circular economy in the Asian country.

Decarbonizing basic chemicals — 4.6 million dollars in funding from the Dutch government will allow Dow, Shell and two new partners to push forward on their previous plans to develop steam crackers heated by electricity, for CO2-free production of ethylene.

KPX Chemical and Huntsman’s new joint venture – KHPUA will develop and supply advanced polyurethane system solutions to Korean automakers in order to meet their superior acoustics and light-weighting requirements. KPX Chemical will make use of its polyol technology and combine it with Huntsman's expertise to develop high performance, MDI-based automotive solutions.

JGC Holdings and Cosmo Oil Company have chosen Honeywell’s Ecofining technology for converting used cooking oil into renewable jet fuel. The project is claimed to be the first commercial scale sustainable aviation fuel project in Japan.

With an aim to build on its existing research co-operations with leading universities in China, Clariant has sponsored the National Catalysis Achievement Award till 2025 at the National Congress on Catalysis of China. This year, the award for outstanding R&D achievement in the catalysis field in China was received by Youchang Xie, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Beijing’s Peking University.

BASF and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have collaborated under a public-funded research project to design a formulation and coating model for multilayered battery coatings as multilayered battery anodes exhibit higher energy density and significantly improve production efficiency.

OQ Chemicals has declared force majeure on n- & iso-butyraldehyde, propionaldehyde, 2- ethylhexanol, n- & iso-butanol, and n-butyl acetate due to a technical snag at its Oberhausen site in Germany. To handle the situation better, the firm will be issuing a Sales Control program for Oberhausen-produced products.

BASF and SVOLT will collaborate on cathode active materials (CAM) development, raw materials supply and battery recycling for SVOLT’s battery cells. The move is expected to improve the R&D capabilities of both the companies in sustainable battery materials, strengthen their competitiveness in China and across the globe as well as accelerate global progress towards carbon neutrality.

Under a MOU signed between BASF and Sanyo Chemical, both the companies will team up to create advanced polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) to produce sustainable products. The innovative new products will have world-wide market access through the two companies' global footprint, with the MOU allowing both the firms to leverage on production networks for PUDs.