The consortium has decided to separate their joint diphenylmethane diisocyanate production in Caojing, China. With this move, the companies will independently operate two MDI plants at the Caojing site.

Stiphout’s facility in the Netherlands has an annual processing capacity equivalent to the amount of plastic packaging waste generated by over 500,000 Dutch citizens per year. With this acquisition, Lyondell Basell aims to strengthen its existing assets in the Netherlands and Germany.

Shin-Etsu Chemical has plans to expand its silicones business by further investing an additional amount of 650 million euros into it. The move is in line with the growing demand for eco-friendly silicones in the region.

The consortium includes Exxonmobil, Cyclyx International, Sealed Air, and Ahold Delhaize USA. Exxonmobil’s Exxtend technology has been used for the project for breaking down plastic waste into its molecular building blocks in order to produce new plastic for food-grade packaging.

Sasa Polyester Sanayi has selected Honeywell’s Oleflex technology to build the world’s largest propane dehydrogenation unit in Yumurtalık, Turkey. On completion, the facility is expected to produce 1-million-tons of propylene annually.

nova-Institute has written a background report entitled ‘Making a Case for Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) – it is much more than just a carbon removal technology’ on the suggestion of the Renewable Carbon Initiative. The report favors CCU as an important element for achieving a sustainable future.

Kraton Corporation has plans to produce up to 100 % ISCC Plus certified renewable Styrenic Block Copolymers at its Berre site in France. The move is part of its Cirkular+ Renew Series and will help the firm to further reduce the carbon footprint of its fossil-based products made at the site by up to 85%.

Wacker has completed the capacity expansion for VAE dispersions and VAE dispersible polymer powders at its Nanjing site in China. The 100-million-dollar expansion project is expected to more than double the firm’s production in the region.

Lummus Technology and MOL Group will work together for the chemical recycling of plastics at MOL’s assets in Hungary and Slovakia. The move is in line with the goals of both the companies of producing sustainable products to attain a circular economy.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Indorama Ventures developing the world’s first PET biorecycling plant to Sasa Polyester Sanayi establishing the world’s largest PDH unit in Turkey, find out all the projects making headlines here.