Schütz has introduced a combination steel drum which combines the stability of a steel drum with the chemical resistance and corrosion resistance of a plastic drum. The solution was displayed at Fachpack 2025.

Arkema has announced a 20 % expansion of its Kynar PVDF production capacity at its Changshu site in China which is also the firm’s largest manufacturing site across the globe. The move aims to meet the growing demand for Kynar PVDF across all key markets.

Under a MOU signed between Covestro, Fertiglobe, and Ta’ziz, all the parties will work together to explore collaboration across the ammonia and nitric acid value chains. Covestro and Fertiglobe intend to explore short-term ammonia supply opportunities from Fertiglobe’s facilities to Covestro’s sites in China and the USA.

Bilfinger has secured another 5-year extension to its framework agreement with Covestro. The collaboration includes routine maintenance as well as turnarounds of electric equipment and systems at several Covestro sites in Germany with an aim to ensure the highest standards of plant availability and efficiency.

The French Government has awarded Ineos with a 300 million euro grant to decarbonize the Lavera site in France as well as to reduce carbon dioxide emission by 331,000 tonnes annually.

The pilot plant has the capacity to recycle complex waste streams from end-of-life vehicles via chemical recycling in order to produce raw materials for new vehicle components such as foam for steering wheels.

Industrial plants are increasingly using smart and advanced technologies such as autonomous drones and autonomous robots to monitor plant operations, carry out internal plant inspections, enable predictive maintenance, track emissions as well as ensure the safety of their plant personnel. Combined, these innovations could revolutionize industrial plant monitoring and safety like never before.

Corrosion, broken springs, and unstable operating conditions: A centrifugal pump has repeatedly failed at a chemical production facility at Dow Chemical. It was only the targeted use of sensors on the mechanical seal and structured data analysis that finally brought clarity — and ensured that the pump and production were running stably again.

Henkel has joined hands with Sekab to speed up the transition from fossil-based to bio-based raw materials in adhesive production. The partnership intends to replace conventional ethyl acetate with a sustainable, bio-based alternative.

A new report titled ‘Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Global Capacities, Production and Trends 2025–2030’ has been compiled by nova-Institute. The report forecasts that the expansion of the global bio-based polymer market will be led by Europe and North America while Asia remains a major growth region.