Reliance Industries brings on-stream a new integrated polymers value chain: India's biggest private company just commissioned new PTA and PET lines at its site in Dahej, India.

With an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes of TBHP/TBA, the new hydroperoxide facility is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021. Nouryon has also signed a long-term agreement with Nanjing Jinling Huntsman to provide raw materials to the new unit.

The life threatening Benzimidazole gas leaked from Sainor Life Sciences, a pharma unit located in Andhra Pradesh, India which left two people dead. This is the third gas leak accident reported in the state in the past six months.

Allweiler launches the next-generation AEB-DE progressing cavity pump series of four pump sizes that share one installation footprint and are capable of bi-directional flow.

Eastman Chemical has expanded its collaboration with the IMCD Group and from August 1, 2020, the Group will carry out the distribution of specialty plastics in diverse markets including Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In the Netherlands, Mitsui Chemicals has launched operations at Ace, a JV between the firm and Prime Polymer to boost its research, production and sales networks for high-quality PP compounds. The polypropylene compounding site aims to offer lightweighting solutions to automakers and manufacturers of auto parts within Europe and across the globe.

Solvay wants to expand its capacity of specialty polymers once again and builds a new plant in the USA to produce polyether etherketone. In India is the expansion of the production capacity already in progress.

Under the long-term agreement, Nutrien will supply anhydrous hydrogen fluoride to Arkema for the production of high added value polymers, fluoro-derivatives and fluorogases in the USA. Arkema will also invest 150 million dollars in a 40 kt/year AHF production plant in North Carolina.

Under the terms of the MOU, Lygos will provide its unique technology – LP1 Ultra Yeast Platform and Carbon Sequestration Superhighway to Praj in order to create bioplastics known as polylactic acid.

Capable of producing 400,000-tonnes per year, the Shanghai-based adiponitrile facility is expected to cater to the growing demand of nylon 6,6 chemical intermediates in China and the Asia Pacific region. ADN production at the plant is scheduled to start in 2022.