Novealis is a joint venture between affiliates of Borealis and Nova Chemicals. With this takeover, Borealis has acquired Nova Chemicals’ 50 % ownership interest in Novealis Holdings and aims to further increase its footprint in the North American market.

Celanese has completed the acquisition of the Elotex brand, Nouryon’s redispersible polymer powders business and will now take charge of the firm’s global facilities that are involved in the production of this brand. Celanese will also integrate the Elotex product portfolio and production facilities into its global vinyl acetate ethylene emulsions business.

The Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites forecasts a global production capacity of 4,3 million tons of bioplasics in 2022 — a real growth market. A US bioplastic resin provider wants to be part of this success story and invested in a tailor made production plant. For the challenging handling and processing of the natural raw materials they found in Azo the right partner.

To combat the Coronavirus pandemic, Total Corbion has donated 5 tonnes of Luminy PLA resins to Smart Materials 3D in order to manufacture 125,000 face masks. The innovative 3D printed masks will be distributed across all healthcare facilities in Spain.

Amidst the global pandemic of Covid-19, there is an urgent need for high quality single-use personal protective equipment for healthcare workers in Russia. For this purpose, Sibur will supply a particular polypropylene grade to Netkanika for developing nonwoven fabric which will be used for producing protective equipment.

Nouryon aims to expand its presence in the global metal alkyls market with this acquisition. The company has also expanded its production capacity at its Rotterdam site in the Netherlands and acquired the China-based metal alkyls producer Zhejiang Friend to strengthen its worldwide position.

Completion of a US $ 110 million expansion: After the commissioning of a 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate production in Bayport and the opening of an acrylic acid capacity expansion in Clear Lake, the start-up of a 45 KT methyl acrylate plant represents the last phase of the revamping activities for Arkema’s acrylics business.

Sumitomo Chemical is constructing a new plant in Japan which will produce 1,3-diisopropanolbenzene and supply it to Nouryon as it’s a vital raw material for the production of the company’s Perkadox 14 organic peroxide.

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, TNO has acquired Avantium’s bioaromatics business which includes patents and know-how of technologies that produce bio-derived products for polymers and coatings.

Nouryon’s carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) polymer – Akupure aims at improving the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The polymer meets the superior purity requirement for these specialised batteries which enables it to increase the efficiency of the batteries.