Under a strategic partnership signed between Royal DSM and Neste, DSM will help Neste to create high-performance sustainable polymers in order to reduce the carbon footprints of its own products and also support the circular economy transition.

Neste and LG Chem have entered into a strategic long-term partnership under which LG Chem will use Neste’s renewable hydrocarbons instead of fossil feedstock for producing sustainable polymers and chemicals.

Akzo Nobel has strengthened its position in the North American hydrogen peroxide market with the acquisition of the remaining shares of Eko Peroxide. The Dutch company had originally founded Eko as a joint venture enterprise with OCI Peroxygens.

BASF’s Durasorb Cryo-HRU technology proves to be an effective solution for the removal of trace heavy hydrocarbons (HHCs) and water from lean natural gas feeds for cryogenic processing. The technology can be used for new units as well as retrofits.

Perstorp has plans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by around 500,000 tonnes by producing sustainable methanol. With ‘Project Air’, the company aims to build a first-of-a-kind, large-scale, commercial Carbon Capture, and Utilisation (CCU) unit to produce the green methanol.

Post the successful completion of the first phase of the Carbon2Chem Project in which Thyssenkrupp gained fundamental insights into the conversion of steel mill process gases into chemical products, the federal government has handed over a notice of 88 million dollars for the second phase of the project.

Global trends in the production of pharmaceuticals and chemicals continued to pick up in the summer months, reports the German Chemical Association (VCI - Verband der Chemischen Industrie) in its monthly ‘World Chemistry Report’. The VCI-report shows the latest developments in chemical and pharmaceutical production in 16 countries, 6 regions and around the world.

Univation Technologies’ Unipol PE process technology will be used for three world-scale PE reactor lines at the mega Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Russia. The three lines will include two 600,000 TPY full-density plants for HDPE/LLDPE production and a single 600,000 TPY line focused on a broad-range of both bimodal and unimodal HDPE production.

SDC Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals has acquired the German-based firm Cotec on October 1, 2020. With this deal, Mitsui Chemicals is expected to expand its coating solutions portfolio for the ophthalmic lens market.

Ipack-Ima, the global trade fair specialising in food and non-food processing as well as packaging is expected to take place from May 3 – 6, 2022 in Milan, Italy. The organisers of the event also aim to highlight non-food, end-of-line and crossing technology solutions in the upcoming show.