Wacker has awarded the company’s ‘Alexander Wacker Innovation Award 2021’ to its in-house German-Chinese team for developing a novel process for producing vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) polymer dispersions. The winners were rewarded with almost 12,000 dollars.

Orlen Unipetrol has revealed its development strategy until 2030 which includes the modernization of its chemical facility in Záluží near Litvínov, Czech Republic. In this project, the current boiler plant for the steam cracker’s operations is replaced with a brand-new gas boiler plant and the latest equipment for emission reduction installed at the unit has helped to lower dust emissions by 50 % and NOx emissions by 70 %.

VortextRepsol has awarded Tecnimont with an EPC lump sum turn-key contract for the development of two advanced polymer units at the Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal. The new units are expected to have a capacity of 300,000 tons per year each and will be completed by 2025.

Under a five-year license agreement with Beiyuan, Nouryon will license its Continuous Initiator Dosing (CiD) technology to Beiyuan, and supply its Trigonox 187 proprietary CiD initiator to enhance the Chinese company’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production in the country.

Reliance Industries has plans to establish a new recycled polyester staple fiber manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh to double its PET recycling capacity. With this move, the company aims to enhance its circular economy footprint and strengthen its PET value chain.

Repsol has plans to expand its Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal with the construction of two polymer materials plants. On completion, the project is expected to be one of the most advanced in Europe.

Electronics manufacturing is in the throes of a quiet transformation built around specialty 3D printers and advanced materials working together to create fully functional electronic parts.

In the background of the rising demand for expandable microspheres, Nouryon has plans to increase the production capacity of its Expancel expandable microspheres. For this purpose, the company is in the process of relocating its production site from Suzhou to Ningbo in China.

Repsol and Tecnicas Reunidas have entered into a strategic agreement to develop new industrial decarbonization technologies in order to produce sustainable biofuels and bio-based polymers from agricultural and agri-food waste.

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