Nouryon has announced a new organizational model as part of its strategy to accelerate growth and drive performance improvement. The new model, which will take effect January 1, 2020, is organized around three market-focused businesses supported by a centralized Operations and Functional structure.

Royal DSM has recently started a new production line for Arnitel in Emmen, the Netherlands. The move will enable the company to meet the growing demand for Arnitel high-performance Thermo Plastic Copolyesters in the region.

The contract involves offering technology license, process design engineering, and operator training services for Ningbo Union King's 1,600 KTA paraxylene plant in Ningbo, China. Mc Dermott will be making use of the Lummus Technology for the facility.

With this move, Eastman aims to support the business strategy of the company’s Adhesives Resins business. The firm will invest in its manufacturing sites in The Netherlands and the USA.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the University of Stuttgart aim to use the climate-damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a raw material for the production of chemicals. To do this, they are developing a combined plasma and membrane process that splits CO2 into oxygen and the chemical base material carbon monoxide.

The contract involves basic engineering, technology license, catalyst and Front End Engineering Design for an Olefins Conversion Technology unit at MOL's petrochemicals complex in Tiszaújvaros, Hungary. On completion, the facility is expected to have a production capacity of 100,000 MTA of polymer grade propylene.

The onshore EPC contract comprises the construction of seven cracker furnaces of 1200 KTPA Dual Feed Cracker Units at HPCL’s Bathinda Refinery in Punjab. LTHE intends to make use of its modular fabrication facilities in Gujarat for the fabrication of furnace modules.

With the creation of a new commercial platform dedicated to 3D printing, Arkema aims to address the needs of the demanding and innovative 3D printing markets.

Maag will be exhibiting examples of its broad-ranging portfolio of extrusion-related systems on stand 6202 in hall A6 at Fakuma 2018 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, between October 16 and 20.

Despite increasing volaties, the market for agricultural inputs could grow to € 100 million, Bayer's Crop Science division believes. These figures are especially encouraging as the parent company just decided to focus solely on agrochemicals and healthcare products and divest the remains of its materials and polymers business..