Dow has teamed up with RDM Group and developed an innovative fibre-based food packaging—Multiboard Circularr—made exclusively with recycled fibres and recycled plastic. The unique food packaging is backed by industry-leading certifications to help brands prepare for the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.

With an aim to diversify from oil & gas – the gold of the Middle East – toward sustainability, the region is undergoing a bold and transformational shift. The plastics circular economy is one such initiative steadily gaining momentum across the Gulf. It not only addresses pressing environmental concerns but also unlocks new economic opportunities while reinforcing national visions such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, the UAE’s Circular Economy Policy, and Türkiye’s National Circular Economy Strategy.

UPM’s barrier and barrier base papers along with BASF’s Joncryl high performance barrier technology resins will be combined to enable the development of packaging materials suitable for a wide range of food and non-food applications that meet demanding regulatory requirements.

Under a large-scale agreement signed between Evonik and MTCO, Evonik will be supplying its Sepuran Green membranes and patented technology to MTC Orec (MTCO), a leading biogas upgrading plant producer in Malaysia.

Trillium has plans to launch the world’s first demonstration plant for bio-based acrylonitrile – ‘Project Falcon’ at Ineos Nitriles' Green Lake facility in Texas, USA. The company has raised 13-million-dollars for the project.

Military attacks on Qatar Energy’s operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City in Qatar has led the company to declare force majeure.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded an EPC contract for a Cyclo Olefin Polymer production plant by Zeon Corporation in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Arkema has announced a 20 % expansion of its Kynar PVDF production capacity at its Changshu site in China which is also the firm’s largest manufacturing site across the globe. The move aims to meet the growing demand for Kynar PVDF across all key markets.

Europe’s chemical industry is sliding into crisis as rising energy costs, weak demand, and dwindling investments force widespread plant shutdowns. Without swift policy intervention, the region risks losing its industrial backbone to competitors in lower cost, faster growing markets.

With an intent to streamline its polymers operations in Berre, France, Kraton has plans to solely focus on producing unhydrogenated styrenic block copolymers products at the site and cease production of hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers products.