Shortly after doubling its polycarbonate production capacity at its Shanghai site to 400,000 tons per year, Covestro will expand its capacity to 600,000 metric tons per year.

The European Chemical Industry Council – Cefic shares the advantages of the chemical recycling technology in order to solve the plastic waste problem.

Sasol’s Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) Ethane Cracker facility in Louisiana, USA has achieved beneficial operation. With this move, the company aims to improve the quality of ethylene and also ramp up the unit.

Both the Chinese chemical companies Sinochem and Chemchina are planning a fusion. With an annual turnover of around 100 billion Dollars, the recently emerged chemical giant would supersede the present industry leader BASF.

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Sabic signed an agreement to conduct a detailed study of the proposed Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project in Texas and begin planning for front-end engineering and design work.

Borealis has held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant. Located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium, the new facility will have a targeted production capacity of 750,000 metric tonnes per year of propylene.

German specialty chemicals company Lanxes is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments in China. A new high-tech facility for premium iron oxide red pigments is being constructed at the Ningbo Chemical Park on the Chinese East Coast.

With a production capacity of 25,000 tonnes per annum, the new facility will be built to increase Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation’s polyester film production capacity in Indonesia. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2021.

Evonik and the government of the Russian Rostov Region reaffirmed their corperation for the production of L-lysine. A corresponding memorandum of understanding was signed. The objective is to establish a facility for the production of feedstuff additive Biolys in Volgodonsk/Russia through the joint venture OOO Donbiotech.

Dow announced an agreement with the Fuenix Ecogy Group from the Netherlands for the supply of pyrolysis oil feedstock, which is made from recycled plastic waste. The feedstock will be used to produce new polymers at the chemical group's production facilities at Terneuzen, the Netherlands.