The American Chemistry Council has shared that the Global CPRI trended higher by 0.6 % in September, following a revised 0.6 % gain in August while the U.S. CPRI was flat in September, following a 0.8 % gain in August.

Sulzer Chemtech has plans to launch a portfolio of licensing technologies which will help in carbon-neutral polymer recycling. The move is in line with the growing demand for a circular economy of plastics.

Mitsui Chemicals’ subsidiary Polaris Chemicals has begun the production of biocatalysts which is used in the manufacture of acrylamide. With this, Mitsui Chemicals aims to increase its production capacity of biocatalysts.

Eastman Chemical Company has plans to divest its Texas City Operations to Ineos Acetyls for 490 million dollars. Under the terms of the agreement, Eastman will retain ownership of its plasticizer business at the site.

Johnson Matthey has demonstrated its new Hyrefine technology for recycling hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer materials. The firm claims that this is the first ever demonstration of circularity for the PGMs and valuable ionomer together.

Vynova Group has plans to develop a new plant complex for the production of sodium and potassium alcoholates at its Lülsdorf site in Germany. For this, the company intends to invest a high double-digit million-euro amount.

Veolia and Posco Holdings have entered into a contract under which Veolia will be contributing its technological and industrial know-how for the production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. The plant is expected to have a production capacity of 25,000 every year and will supply lithium which will help to produce around 600,000 batteries for electric vehicles.

Messer has selected Sulzer’s mass transfer technologies to assist an innovative carbon capture and utilization process at its Landeck plant in Austria. The unit will make use of Sulzer Chemtech’s carbon capture technology to capture more than 50,000 tons of CO2 per year.

Asahi Kasei, Gentari and JGC will work together for a Feed study to develop a 60-MW class alkaline water electrolyzer system. The system is expected to produce up to 8,000 tonnes per year of green hydrogen in Malaysia.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new center in Seoul, South Korea will act as a global hub for battery producers through which they can gain access to metrology and quality control technologies.