On July 5, a major fire broke at the Ming Dih Chemical factory which produces plastic foam and plastic pellets in Thailand. The fire has been extinguished however; the cause of the fire is still unknown.

With an aim to meet the growing demand of emission control catalysts, Clariant Catalysts has increased production volume at its Heufeld plant in Germany by 100 %. The facility produces Envicat emission control catalysts, which are capable of eliminating up to 99% of harmful substances from industrial off-gases.

Located at Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, near Cologne in Germany, the mega project is part of the Refhyne European consortium which will utilize the PEM technology to produce green hydrogen.

The ‘Best Plant Engineering’ projects from all around the globe have been showcased here. Right from developing the first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant in the world to building the world’s largest polyethylene integration project, find out all the projects making headlines here.

BASF and Mitsui Chemicals have launched a collaborative study to promote a circular economy for plastics in Japan. Mitsui Chemicals has plans to become carbon-neutral by 2050 and thus, aims at developing recycling technologies.

With an aim to meet the growing demand of water treatment solutions in China and the Asia-Pacific region, Kemira has decided to expand its production capacity of water treatment chemicals in Yanzhou, China.

Wacker has awarded the company’s ‘Alexander Wacker Innovation Award 2021’ to its in-house German-Chinese team for developing a novel process for producing vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) polymer dispersions. The winners were rewarded with almost 12,000 dollars.

Industrial Company Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction announced that it had succeeded in developing the technology for recovering lithium carbonate by recycling waste batteries.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) in its Mid-Year 2021 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook has stated that vital U.S. chemical industry metrics will be higher this year due to the recovery of key end-use markets and export customers from Covid-19.

New executives take the helm at Exxon Mobil, Eastman, Huntsman, Nova Chemicals, and other major players in the process industry. PROCESS worldwide summarizes the latest management news for you.