Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business has completed the expansion of a production site in Denmark which supplies pharmaceutical grade salt for the healthcare industry.

Asahi Glass will increase the PVC production capacity in its plant in Vietnam by 50%. Vietnam is the third largest PVC market in Southeast Asia, and the PVC demand is growing at the similar level as the country’s GDP.

Lanxess modernises its synthetic rubber business: after recent plans to introduce an EPDM bioplastic, the company now announced its intention to modernise the future headquarter facility of its global EPDM headquarter in Geleen, the Netherlands.

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed an equipment supply contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corporation of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group, a large energy and chemical company in China.

Wacker Chemie is expanding its existing production plants for polymer binders in South Korea. The Munich-based chemical company plans to build a new spray dryer for dispersible polymer powders at its Ulsan site.

The company has begun production at its new 20 kilotonne per year polypropylene (PP) compounding plant and is eyeing to serve numerous automotive players in North China.

Speciality Chemicals company Lanxess announced plans to produce bioplastic EPDM from renewable sources by the end of 2011 at Triunfo, Brazil.

Eastman Chemical Company and Origin Materials have entered into a non-exclusive license agreement for Eastman to license its proprietary 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and FDCA derivatives production technology from renewable resources to Origin Materials.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology platform for producing ethylene amines and their derivatives from ethylene oxide.

Bayer' takeover offer for Algeta was successful: The German chemical company will acquire the Norwegian pharma specialist for approximately € 1.9 billion. Both companies had already cooperated on the development of cancer drugs.