Exxon Mobil and Worley have entered into a services agreement for the former’s refining and chemicals operations sites in Texas and Louisiana, USA. Under the deal, Worley will continue to provide services to the six locations in the western country.

Advansource Biomaterials Corporation has a premium thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer business in the U.S.A. With this move, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation plans to further expand its product portfolio to TPU technologies. The firm has plans to complete the acquisition in January 2020.

At 1:00 a.m. last Wednesday an explosion occurred at the TPC Group's plant in Port Neches. A second explosion shook the Texas community 13 hours later - miraculously, no fatalities occurred.

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.