Treating Pharmaceutical Wastewater is a challenge, because of its diverse characteristics and varies. But it’s not necessary to make new developments. It might be a valid strategy finding a workaround based on existing solutions.

BASF will continue to invest in its coatings site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province in South China, by constructing a new facility for automotive refinish coatings that will start production in the first half of 2022.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has set itself an ambitious climate protection target. By 2040, the group intends to become climate neutral and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from around 3.2 million metric tons of CO2e today.

The specialist in electrical explosion protection Pepperl+Fuchs now certifies its electrical explosion protection products for paint shops. The basis for this certification is a new standard sheet for regulating test methods for paint-wetting-impairment substances.

The stereoisomers of a molecule can cause different effects in a biological system. Among other things, this is important for the development of drugs. WWU chemists have succeeded in developing a synthetic process that can produce different stereoisomers from identical starting materials.

Green Fiber International produces high-quality recycled PET bottle flakes for food contact and has a significant presence in the US West Coast packaging market. The acquisition is in line with Indorama’s sustainability goals of investing in recycling over the next five years.

The expansion is expected to create 2,000 jobs during construction and a study by Ernst & Young stated that Exxon Mobil contributed over 43 billion dollars to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2017.

Neste has collaborated with Ravago in order to develop chemical recycling of plastic waste on an industrial scale. With this move, the companies aim to accelerate circularity of materials and improve resource-efficiency in the petrochemical industry.

Randy G. Woelfel will replace David Lumpkins who will be resigning from the board this month. Previously, Woelfel was the chief executive officer and director at Nova Chemicals Corporation.

Lanxess sells its 74 % stake in a chrome ore mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, to Clover Alloys, a South African supplier of chrome fine ores.