Neste opens a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit.

Fluor has been awarded a three year engineering service agreement for Karachaganak Petroleum Operating’s projects situated at the Karachaganak Field in Kazakhstan. The scope of work comprises feasibility studies, front-end engineering design and other engineering services.

BASF reduces Board of Executive Directors from seven to six members BASF has announced that its Board of Executive Directors will be reduced from seven to six members as of January 1, 2020. Board member Sanjeev Gandhi will leave the company at his own request.

Total’s Synova aims to produce 40,000 tonnes of recycled polypropylene per year by 2021 to meet the growing demands for high-performance recycled materials from the automobile sector. The move is in line with the company’s ambition of becoming a responsible energy major.

The collaboration between Dow and Evonik aims to bring the unique technology to market maturity. For this purpose, the firms have also planned to build a pilot plant in Hanau, Germany which is expected to be constructed by 2020.

Rocky Vermani succeeds Naushad Jamani who is expected to retire this month. Vermani has also been appointed as a member of the Nova Chemicals Management Board. Previously, he has held the post of vice president, olefins feedstocks at Nova Chemicals.

China's government takes safety and environmental protection seriously and closes a number of chemical parks in Jiangsu Province. This affects a total of 1,431 chemical companies, some of which are considered major environmental polluters. A huge wave of production closures, modernizations and relocations is imminent.

Eastman’s unique Carbon Renewal Technology makes use of waste plastic to produce new polyester-based polymers. The company plans to use up to 50 million pounds of waste plastic in its carbon renewal technology operations in 2020.

Sumitomo Chemical has plans to strengthen the competitiveness of its feed additive methionine business by shutting down operations at one of its aged and less efficient plants and at the same time also plans to renew its production plans in other plants.

Thyssenkrupp is building a new integrated chemical complex in Hungary. The foundation stone for the polyol production facility was laid on September 27, 2019 in Tiszaújváros.