The dream of plastic from waste gas continues: The pan-European research project Carbon4PUR takes the next step in investigating how waste gas from the steel industry can be turned into chemicals for valuable plastics. Now, the consortium starts evaluation of the ideal conditions for industrial-scale testing in southern France where a steel mill of Arcelor Mittal and a chemical plant of material producer Covestro are close neighbours.

A union of giants: Chemical heavyweight BASF and Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec plan a further cooperation for a new world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, China. With this investment in plasticizers, the two partners could significantly increase their footprint in China's rubber and polymers business, industry experts believe.

Emerson has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense, a provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for the offshore and onshore oil production, refining, chemical, power, pipelines, metals and mining and other industries.

The company has plans to carry out the production process at its Singaporean subsidiary, Mitsui Phenols Singapore. This move is expected to strengthen and further expand Mitsui Chemicals’ global supply.

Although salary increases for women outstripped their male counterparts, female engineering professionals in the UK still earn around 25 percent less by the age of forty.

The addition of a third crude oil unit in the Beaumont refinery will increase its crude processing capacity by more than 65 per cent, and enhance the refinery’s position thereby establishing it as a leader in the U.S. refining industry.

Speciality chemical company Perstorp plans to expand onto the 1,6-hexanediol market: The company has successfully entered the production of this key building block in industrial scales, speakers explained.

With the help of Nouryon’s Cid technology, Karpatnaftochim plans to increase and improve its reactor output, while making its production process safer.

Continuing the company’s strategy to add production facilities close to growing demand, Celanese begins production in its newest vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) production unit.

Almatec has worked over its E-Series plastic air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps: Now the sturdy workhorses offer full containment for the transferring of dangerous acids across the chemical supply chain...