With the hefty investment, Lonza aims to expand its overall capsule production capacity within Capsules and Health Ingredients (CHI) division’s Capsugel portfolio by 30 billion capsules every year. The investment is expected to increase CHI's current capsule production capacity by 15 %.

Covestro has received its maiden batch of renewable phenol from Borealis. The renewable phenol has been produced with ISCC Plus certified hydrocarbons from Neste and Covestro will be using it to produce high-performance plastic polycarbonate.

Under a joint project, a 4.02 million dollar grant has been awarded by UK Research and Innovation to Recycling Technologies, Neste and Unilever for developing a chemical recycling process which will enable to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.

Located in Geismar, Louisiana, the biorefinery is expected to expand its capacity by 250 million gallons annually, thus bringing its total capacity to 340 million gallons per year. Construction work is scheduled to begin in 2021 and will be completed by 2023.

The German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) has compared the ambitious project to a 'moon landing mission' in which the Apollo programme is completely missing. Thus, indicating that the European Parliament, Commission and Council must set the targets based on ground realities.

The world’s first blue ammonia shipment paves the way for utilising sustainable hydrogen and contributing to the circular carbon economy. The high-grade blue ammonia will be used in Japan for zero-carbon power generation.

SDC Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals has acquired the German-based firm Cotec on October 1, 2020. With this deal, Mitsui Chemicals is expected to expand its coating solutions portfolio for the ophthalmic lens market.

The new oral drug delivery technology – Eudratec Fasteric offers enteric protection and provides rapid release in the upper small intestine. The technology is capable of releasing 90 % of its dose within 30 minutes for effective targeting.

The five modular polymer injection plants have been successfully designed, supplied, installed and commissioned at a major oilfield in Argentina. The plants are expected to minimise mechanical degradation of polymers and will also help increase oil recovery rates.

Total’s Grandpuits refinery in France will be converted into a zero-crude platform for the production of biofuels and bioplastic. The platform will comprise of three new industrial units: a bio-refinery, a bioplastics plant and a plastics recycling unit.