Construction begun for Ineos' and Sasol's joint venture high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing plant in in La Porte, Texas. The 470.000 tons/year production plant at the premises of Ineos' Battleground Manufacturing Complex will use the company's Innovene process technology under a license.

The modern laboratory environment is shaped by the same trends that affect most areas of today’s life: Flexibility, digitalization, communication — combined with the never-changing requirements for a lab such as safety, robustness, and cleanliness. In our article you will read more about the changes in hardware and software over the years and what the future of the laboratory might look like.

The drive of end-users towards efficient raw-material sourcing leads to a growing number of often worldwide spread sources with varying material characteristics. Yet, new boilers, kilns or blast furnaces require a feed material quality of even increased consistency to achieve high process efficiency and product quality.

The next generation: Bayer brings a TDI production with a new gasphase TDI phosgene reaction on stream. The company has invested some € 250 million at its chemical park in Dormagen, where the new technology replaces an aging conventional TDI site.

Industrial gases supplier Airgas plans a new liquid hydrogen plant in Calvert City, Kentuckyy/USA. The facility with a nameplate capacity of ten tons/day shall supply industries from power generation; metal production, glass, chemicals and food products as well as hydrogen-powered fuel cells.

Adnoc and OCI have plans to form a joint venture under which Adnoc will combine its fertilizer business, Adnoc Fertilizers, into OCI’s Middle East and North Africa (Mena) nitrogen fertilizer platform. With a production capacity of 5 million tonnes of urea and 1.5 million tonnes of sellable ammonia, the JV is expected to be the largest producer in the Mena region.

For 140 years Linde has been setting standards in the world of gases and helping to make our world more productive — Gases have made it possible. Whether chemicals, metallurgy, food industry, processing industry or environmental technology, there is barely any sector that can do without the hidden champions from the tank or pressure cylinder. Here, the development of technical gases has been inextricably linked to the achievements of one man — and of the company that bears his name to this day. Since the development of the air separation process, Linde has constantly reinvented itself — and is now developing the solutions for the industries of tomorrow.

With an aim to create a new company experience for its customers, BASF has plans to reduce about 6,000 positions across the globe by the end of 2021 under its new development strategy. The transformation will also include leaner structures and simplified processes.

Solvay plans to increase its annual production capacity of natural soda ash at its Green River plant in Wyoming/USA by 150,000 metric tons as of early next year, to meet growing demand of its U.S. export markets.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has completed divestment of its consumer health business UPSA to Japan-based Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. (Taisho). The move is part of Bristol-Myers’ strategy to restructure its business.