BASF Coatings has increased its production capacity for polyester and polyurethane resin at its Caojing plant in Shanghai, China with an aim to meet the growing demand for automotives in the Asia Pacific region.

Adnoc’s XRG has secured a 91 % stake in Covestro at the end of the additional acceptance period. With this deal, XRG aims to work towards its goal of becoming a top five global chemicals player.

Neste has introduced a co-processed renewable feedstock with an aim to expand its offering for the polymers and chemicals industry. The feedstock boasts of a reduced carbon footprint as compared to conventional fossil feedstocks used in the chemicals industry.

Lewa has significantly improved the performance of its Lewa ecoflow LDG process pump. The upgraded model delivers a 15 % increase in hydraulic power within the same footprint.

Cefic has launched a new report called ‘The Carbon Managers: Modelling Possible Pathways for the EU Chemical Sector’s Transition Towards Climate Neutrality and Circularity with iC2050’ for the EU chemical sector. With this report, the council aims to focus on “how” the transition to a climate-neutral and circular chemical sector can happen.

Saudi Arabia’s first CO2 Direct Air Capture test unit is a pilot plant developed in collaboration with Siemens Energy and is capable of removing 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere.

Under a MOU signed between ABB and Charbone Hydrogen, both the companies will work together to develop up to 15 modular and scalable green hydrogen production facilities across North America over the next five years.

Mantec Technical Ceramics, working in conjunction with fellow group company Xtract Filtration Systems, is capping off a highly encouraging Q1 with the signing of an order worth around 300,000 pounds with one of the world’s leading precious metals companies.

Invenergy’s first clean hydrogen project, the Sauk Valley Hydrogen facility in Rock Falls, Illinois, USA has reached commercial operations. The project is expected to produce up to 40 metric tons of clean hydrogen annually with the capacity to store up to 400 kilograms of clean hydrogen on site.

Under a definitive agreement, Chemours has plans to sell its Glycolic Acid business to Puretech Scientific. With this move, Puretech Scientific aims to become a global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries.