LANXESS is progressing according to plan with the construction of its world-scale EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) plant in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province), China. The German specialty chemicals company is investing EUR 235 million in the plant - the largest investment the company has made in China to date. Some 45 percent of the investment total will be spent by the end of 2013.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.