Kemira and IFF have recently announced the successful completion of a market-entry scale industrial polymer plant in Finland. The plant utilizes IFF’s Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial platform technology and is expected to produce unique renewable polymers.

Emirates Biotech has selected Sulzer’s technology for its upcoming Polylactic Acid production plant in the United Arab Emirates. Claimed to be the largest PLA production facility in the world on completion, the project is expected to have a production capacity of 160,000 tonnes per annum.

In the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Solvay has launched climate and water projects at its Paulínia site in Brazil. The investment is expected to reduce the site’s GHG emissions by 40 % and water input by 10 % annually as compared to 2021 levels.

Under a new cooperation between Neste and PCS, both the companies will work together to supply renewable solutions to Southeast Asia’s chemicals industry. The move is expected to introduce renewable raw materials in the chemicals and plastics value chains in the region.

Under a collaboration between Henkel and Celanese, both the firms will work together to produce water-based adhesives made from captured CO2 emissions. The move is expected to create new opportunities for customers in the packaging and consumer goods sector to increase the renewable content of their products.

Ineos has plans to permanently close its acrylonitrile butadiene styrene production facility in Addyston, Ohio, USA. The move has been undertaken by the firm as the site is no longer economical for it.

Bridgestone Americas has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office. Bridgestone aims to design, build and operate a pilot plant that will advance an innovative, potentially more sustainable and cost-effective approach to obtaining butadiene from ethanol.

Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies have plans to work together in order to offer a standardized modular solution for chemical recycling. The modular solution will be based on Alterra’s proprietary liquefaction technology.

Invista has decided to continue hexamethylene diamine production at its Orange site in Texas, USA after announcing to end its adiponitrile and hexamethylene diamine operations at the site last year.

The acquisition of APK is in line with Lyondell Basell’s goal of producing and marketing at least 2 million metric tons of recycled and renewable based polymers annually by 2030. APK’s unique solvent-based recycling technology is a perfect fit with the company’s existing mechanical and advanced recycling technologies.