As part of the plant’s maintenance turnaround, Invista recently completed the technology upgrade of its Victoria plant in Texas, USA with the most advanced adiponitrile (ADN) technology. The move is expected to increase ADN production and further support growth in downstream nylon 6,6 applications.

According to a report by market research and consulting firm Future Market Insights, the global construction chemicals market is expected to increase at over 5 % CAGR in 2021. It further adds that the demand for construction chemicals will be dominant in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan.

BASF’s new production line in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia will help the company to double its acrylic dispersions capacity and produce new dispersions technologies which will also cater to the ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand markets.

On Wednesday, a fire occurred in the North plant section of BASF's Ludwigshafen site. This resulted in a leak of methyldiethanolamine and oxogas.

BASF and Siemens Energy have partnered to fast-track the implementation of new technologies – specializing in lowering greenhouse gas emissions – on a commercial scale. Numerous pilot projects will first be studied and then launched at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany.

Isobionics’ new distillation plant in Geleen, Netherlands was recently inaugurated by the company’s CEO Toine Janssen. The new plant will process natural fragrance and flavor ingredients after fermentation.

For years, the industry has been working on recycling CO2 as a raw material. Is there a breakthrough now? In its new technology and trend report ‘Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as Chemical Feedstock for Polymers - Technologies, Polymers, Developers and Producers’, the Nova Institute talks about an installed production capacity of 850 kt/a. The authors examine which technologies are available and who the main players are.

Anup Kothari has been selected to spearhead Division Nutrition & Health, Lampertheim at BASF from February 1, 2021 while Thomas Kloster will take charge of the firm’s Performance Chemicals business.

BASF is responding to the rising demand for UV/EB acrylates and expands production capacities for at Ludwigshafen/Germany. The additional capacities will be available as of the 3rd quarter of 2016.

With an aim to cater to the growing electric vehicle market, BASF and Eramet have plans to develop a nickel-cobalt refining complex for producing electric batteries. The mega refining complex will include a high-pressure acid leaching plant and a base metal refinery.