From June 2025, OQ Chemicals has plans to begin heptanoic acid production in Oberhausen, Germany. With this, the company aims to strengthen its carboxylic acid portfolio and enhance supply chain security for its customers.

Under a MOU signed between Evonik and Qatar Free Zones Authority, Evonik will explore specific investment opportunities focused on sustainable solutions for energy transition in Qatar.

Solvay’s Linne Herten plant in the Netherlands has chosen BASF as the primary supplier of aluminum chloride. The sourcing of aluminum chloride from India to BASF in Germany is expected to reduce the carbon footprint associated with this raw material by over 50 %.

Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new pilot facility for the chemical recycling of PMMA at its Ehime Works located in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The company now intends to sell its chemically recycled acrylic resin product to leading electronics and automotive companies.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company has begun the development of a methanol production demonstration facility within its Mizushima plant in Japan. The facility is expected to utilize diverse gases, including CO2 and industrial by-product gases as raw materials.

Price shocks, supply chain risks, and trade conflicts: When the unimaginable becomes everyday reality, can companies react at all? Do tried-and-tested strategies provide answers in uncertain times? And what exactly does VUCA stand for?

OMV has secured a grant from the EU Innovation Fund for the first time for its planned industrial Reoil plant. The facility is expected to process up to 200,000 metric tons of used plastics and will make use of OMV’s proprietary Reoil chemical recycling technology to convert the recycled material into sustainable base chemicals.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde has won a contract by Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals for developing a Weak Nitric Acid Plant in Bharuch, Gujarat, India. The scope of work includes license, basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up services.

Donald Trump is back in office and his policies have left the world stunned. Right from his outright support for fossil fuel production within the United States to rolling back climate, air and water pollution, and emissions regulations, to imposing international trade tariffs, the White House has made many bold moves in the past few months. In the middle of all this, the chemical industry urges all parties to cooperate in the ongoing trade war and find a lasting solution for everyone.

More than 1.5 million Euros were invested in reducing energy consumption at the Traun site in Austria which resulted in total savings amount to around 120 tons of CO2 per year. With this, Brenntag aims to achieve net zero Greenhouse Gas emission by 2045.