Evonik and Innovation Lab have recently introduced printable and rechargeable batteries which make use of the Taettooz technology from Evonik. The thin, flexible batteries can store electrical energy and also boast of a long cycle life.

Exxon Mobil has concluded the trial of its proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for the production of high-value polymers at its Baytown facilities in Texas, USA.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems Enas is demonstrating the robot-assisted inkjet printing technology on 3D components and printing processes for the production of fuel cell components at the virtual Lopec trade event.

With the new production plant, Orlen Unipetrol has plans to launch dicyclopentadiene, a new product which can be used across the automotive, construction, electrical engineering, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.

The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) have signed a MOU to develop the Paradip Plastic Park in Odisha. The Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel along with the Chief Minister of Odisha witnessed the signing of the MOU.

BHS-Sonthofen has delivered to the U.S. a system comprising two indexing belt filters for use in the manufacture of intermediates for a particularly tear-resistant plastic.

Neste has selected Rotterdam in the Netherlands over Porvoo in Finland to establish its new renewable products refinery. The significant difference in costs led the company to finalize the location.

With a strong focus on customers and disciplined cost management, Nouryon has reported an increase in profit for the full year 2020. For the full-year 2020, revenue decreased by 4 % due to lower prices and volumes, while adjusted Ebitda increased by 3 % to 1,387 million dollars.

Sumitomo Chemical’s Sumika Polymer Compounds Poland will manufacture polypropylene (PP) compounds for automobiles and other applications in Poland and is expected to have a production capacity of about 30,000 mt/y.

For years, the industry has been working on recycling CO2 as a raw material. Is there a breakthrough now? In its new technology and trend report ‘Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as Chemical Feedstock for Polymers - Technologies, Polymers, Developers and Producers’, the Nova Institute talks about an installed production capacity of 850 kt/a. The authors examine which technologies are available and who the main players are.