Nouryon has made a series of investments at its metal alkyls plant in Rotterdam to improve efficiency and increase capacity. The projects are to enable the company to continue meeting growing demand from customers in the polymer industry and improve supply reliability in Europe.

Saudi Aramco and Reliance Industries Ltd have entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent and the deal is expected to possess an enterprise value of 75 billion dollars. The transaction is claimed to be one of the largest foreign investments in India.

Evonik and Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions have granted a license for HPPO Technology to Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical to produce propylene oxide. Corresponding agreements were signed by the parties in Guangzhou in China.

Scientists at ETH Zurich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that converts CO2 and hydrogen into methanol. The technology is to pave the way for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals.

Dr. Axel Kobus took over as head of the Process Technology & Engineering Business at Evonik on July 1, 2019. He succeeds Dr. Wilhelm Otten, who until he leaves the company on December 31, 2019, will be responsible for an internal project in addition to his committee work.

BASF and Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) have signed an agreement to cooperate closely in the area of machine learning. The aim of the collaboration is to develop workable new mathematical models and algorithms for fundamental questions relating to chemistry, for example, from process or quantum chemistry.

Chemical giant BASF reports the spillage of several hundred kilogramm of chemicals into the river Rhine.

Under the terms of the contract, Fluor will be responsible for carrying out front-end engineering and design for Ineos’ new processing plant in the UK. On completion, the facility is expected to produce 300,000 metric tonnes of VAM per year.

The Berlin-based manufacturer of laboratory measuring instruments Knauer Wissenschaftliche Geräte recently reported that its high-pressure metering pumps played an important role in the development of the groundbreaking new manufacturing process of methane sulfonic acid (MSA) directly from methane and sulfur trioxide, which was successfully realised by researchers from Duisburg's Grillo-Werke.

Ineos Styrolution, Trinseo, and Agilyx have collaborated to establish the first of its kind polystyrene chemical recycling plant in Europe. The new commercial scale facility is expected to process up to 50 tonnes-per-day of post-consumer PS feedstock.