SK Global Chemical, one of the leading chemical companies in South Korea will be taking over Arkema’s functional polyolefins business. The move is in line with Arkema’s shift towards specialty chemicals and advanced materials.

As part of the European Union's "Horizon 2020" research program, Evonik and nine project partners from five countries have succeeded in developing a novel new reactor for catalysing OXO reactions, which is 70 % more energy efficient.

Avantium’s new demo plant in the Netherlands will utilise the firm’s Ray technology to produce plant-based mono-ethylene glycol. With an annual capacity of 10 tonnes, the unit will also produce plant-based mono-propylene glycol.

Air Liquide and Sinopec have signed a MOU to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen mobility solutions in China. Under the deal, both the companies will study the development of hydrogen mobility network in the Asian country.

The green-field plant is expected to produce Penta including the renewable grades of Voxtar. Construction of the plant already began in October and commercial production is expected to begin in Q1 2022.

Fluor has signed an agreement for use of the test facility Technology Center Mongstad (TCM) in Nordhordland. This project is to strengthen the energy technology cooperation between Norway and USA, TCMs business development manager, Bjørn-Erik Haugan says.

Bürkert has developed a new Ex-product range for solenoid valves. The new concept stands out due to its modularity and simplicity and offers the right solution for your application.

Process analysis technology permeates every aspect of pharmaceutical production — Improved process understanding, higher process reliability, and fewer rejects: PAT techniques can achieve all this and more.

Capable of producing 1.5 million tonnes of ethylene per year, the complex will include the first mixed-feed cracker in the Gulf region to be integrated with a refinery.

The licensed technologies include polypropylene, high-density polyethylene and low-density polyethylene for the five new plants. With a capacity of almost 2 million tonnes, this is the largest volume of new capacity ever licensed by Lyondell Basell.