The in-depth background paper on renewable carbon focuses on the definition, strategy, measures and potential of renewable carbon as well as outlines the cornerstones of the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and materials.

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.

The mega production facility is expected to have a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per annum on completion and will be built in Grandpuits, France. The plant will commence operations in 2024.

Ineos Styrolution and Amsty will be using the Agilyx advanced recycling technology in their joint facility located in Channahon in the USA. With this project, the companies aim to recycle used polystyrene products and transform it into virgin-equivalent styrene monomer.

Cellufoam, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material will be produced at Stora Enso’s pilot plant in Sweden. Utilised for protective packaging, the renewable foam can eliminate the need for oil-based polymer foams in the packaging industry.

The new plant will be Thyssenkrupp’s second bioplastics facility in China and is expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of polylactide (PLA) every year. The new unit will be based on the firm’s patented Planeo technology which is capable of producing sustainable plastics.

Repsol plans to adapt one of the units at its Tarragona industrial complex in Spain to manufacture highly specialised polymers which will prove beneficial to the automotive sector due to its superior impact resistance.

The new Wuxi plant is Sumitomo Chemical’s fifth production facility in China and with this project; the company aims to enhance its automotive materials business in the country’s Jiangsu Province.

Evonik will be conducting the free weekly webinar series every Tuesday from October 6 – December 8, 2020. Each session will focus on key formulation, process and production challenges for complex oral and parenteral drug products.

Under the new consortium, Veolia is expected to dismantle used batteries and extract the active metals while Solvay will optimise the extraction and purification of critical metals as well as transform them into high-purity raw materials for new batteries.