Under the deal, Celanese is expected to acquire all of Nouryon’s global production facilities across Europe and Asia that deal in redispersible polymer powder. Celanese will also take over all the products under the Elotex portfolio along with all customer agreements and technology.

Celanese announced preliminary plans to expand its emulsion polymers derivatives business to extend the value of its global acetyl chain. The expansion projects include sites in Nanjing, China and Geleen, Netherlands.

An agreement has been signed between both the parties under which UPM Biofuels will supply Bio Verno, a sustainable raw material to Ineos in order to produce bio-attributed polyolefins in Germany.

The coating of directly compressed mini-tablets in a pan has not been extensively utilised; however this process shows advantages over the fluid bed. The following study investigates the possibility of manufacturing a sustained release multiple dosage form by coating in a solid wall pan mini-tablets produced by direct compression.

Claimed to be Europe’s No 1 trade fair for the fine and speciality chemicals industry, Chemspec Europe trade fair is all set to be held from May 27 – 28, 2020 in Cologne, Germany.

The acquisition will enable Nouryon to expand its Carboxymethyl Cellulose product line and is in line with the company’s strategy of investing in new potential growth markets. With this deal, around 240 employees will be shifted to Nouryon.

Under the terms of the agreement, SCS members Ineos Styrolution, Total, Trinseo and Versalis (Eni) will carry out an in-depth evaluation of Pyrowave’s proprietary plastic-to-plastic chemical recycling technology. Pyrowave claims that this technology will enable Europe to meet its sustainability goals.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has chosen Fluor for its Polyols Petrochemicals project located at the firm’s existing refinery and petrochemical complex in Kerala. On completion, the complex is expected to produce propylene glycol, ethylene glycol and various grades of polyols.

Victrex has created a joint venture between Victrex Hong Kong and Yingkou Xingfu Chemical Company for the development of a new PEEK plant in China. The manufacturing facility is in line with the ‘Made in China 2025’ initiative in which the demand for locally produced PEEK is expected to increase in the country.

Toray has developed a new technique which is capable of producing high-quality micro-level spherical particles of polyamide with high melting points. The technique helps to control average particle sizes and also create uniformly sized particles.