Trinseo has signed a definitive agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to acquire latex production facilities and related infrastructure at Rheinmünster, Germany. Consideration for the transaction is approximately $ 44.9 million in the form of assumed pension liabilities for transferred employees.

Evonik is reorganizing its business for high-performance polymers within the polyamide group. The specialty chemicals company has already begun construction of a new polyamide 12 (PA 12) facility complex and is expanding its production of transparent polyamides at the Marl Chemical Park. As part of the reorganization process, the company will withdraw entirely from the polyphthalamide (PPA) business at the Witten site.

Praxair has started up a hydrogen facility that will recover by-product streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s Freeport, Texas operations.

The plant will be responsible for manufacturing Lucant, a hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid which is used mainly as a viscosity modifier. The new investment will enable Mitsui and its strategic partner, Lubrizol Additives Segment to meet the growing demands of the lubricant market.

Slump in sales and trade crises: The chemical industry in Europe in general and Germany in particular had a bumpy start into 2019. The downward trend of 2018 intensified during the first half of the year, as important customer industries are weakening and the special effects of the pharmaceutical industry are starting to slow. Recovery is unlikely in the face of international uncertainty. Is that the low point or the beginning of a longer downtrend?

Akzo Nobel has announced plans to use 100 % renewable energy and become carbon neutral by 2050.

Borealis and Nova Chemicals Corporation signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA that will develop and own a new light feed cracker and a new Borstar polyethylene facility in Bayport, Texas.

Lets face a simple fact: Paint sludge is a hazardous waste that poses serious risk for both health and environment – yet they often an not be avoided in the process industry. Now, after four years of research, Indian experts were to convert paint sludge into industrial primers, that conform to every specification of the user industry...

Rennovia has commissioned, and is operating, all core pilot plant operations for its sugars to 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HDO) process. The completion of key piloting activities and the development of a 1,6-HDO commercial design package are anticipated by the end of this year.

Oxea has plans to expand its production capacities in order to meet the growing market demand. Basic engineering work for the project is expected to begin soon and is anticipated to be functional by the second half of 2021.