The Singapore Economic Development Board (Singapore EDB) has stated in its recent release the country’s business sentiments for April – September 2021. It further mentions that the biomedical manufacturing cluster expects a positive business environment for the above-mentioned period while the chemicals cluster expects output to increase in the next quarter.

Evonik has partnered with Stanford University to develop a mRNA drug transport technology which aims to deliver mRNA to different tissues and organs in the human body.

Ulsan PP has announced the start-up of its polypropylene production facility in Ulsan, South Korea. Claimed to be one of Asia’s largest polypropylene plant, the unit makes use of Lyondell Basell’s Spheripol PP process technology.

Chevron Phillips Chemical’s new world-scale unit has broken ground in Old Ocean, Texas, USA. The 266 KTA plant will make use of the company’s proprietary on-purpose 1-hexene technology to produce exceptional purity comonomer grade 1-hexene from ethylene in order to expand its alpha olefins business.

Orlen Unipetrol has recently commissioned a pyrolytic testing unit for processing waste-plastics at its chemical plant in Litvínov, Czech Republic. With this move, the company intends to expand the conventional fuel and plastic production from fossil fuels with new sources that will lead to the decarbonization of the country.

The Maag Group will be showcasing its solutions at the virtual Achema Pulse event scheduled to be held on June 15 and 16, 2021.

With an aim to accelerate its electrolysis business, Haldor Topsoe has established a new organization which will focus exclusively on green hydrogen. Chokri Mousaoui has been appointed as Executive Vice President and head of the organization.

Eastman has plans to increase its capacity by 30 % by 2021 and 50 % plus by 2022 in order to produce Naia cellulosic yarn at its Barcelona site in Spain. The move has been undertaken due to the increasing demand for sustainable fibers.

According to a recent American Chemistry Council (ACC) report U.S. chemical industry investment linked to shale gas has reached $164 billion.

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