With this project, Ineos Styrolution aims at expanding its ASA and ABS production capacity in North America. It will also strengthen the company’s position as the only global producer with ASA production capacity in the Americas.

The company has set up its new facilities in Mumbai to improve its expanding operations. Nouryon has also undertaken vital projects which comprise expansion and upgradation of the firm’s organic peroxides facility in Mahad along with a new monochloroacetic acid plant in Gujarat.

A global producer of cement, ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and related products has completed a significant upgrade to its bulk material handling conveyors, helping the company eliminate waste and reduce maintenance, while minimizing potential risks from airborne dust and fugitive material build-up. By avoiding accumulations that required cleanup, the company is also reducing the need for maintenance personnel to work in close proximity to fast-moving conveyors, helping further diminish the chance of accident or injury.

A new role for a climate killer: Bayer plans to use CO2 as a source of carbon for the production of polyol for PU-foams. The company now wants to invest around € 15 million in a first industrial production site..

Kemira has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture with Yongsan Chemicals, a privately-owned chemicals company in South Korea. The JV, called New Co, will be located in Ulsan.

The supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology Grace, has contracted to license its Unipol PP Process Technology to Hanwha Total Petrochemical for a new PP production facility in Daesan, South Korea. With a capacity of 400 kilotons per year, the PP line is expected to begin operations in 2021.

Solvay starts the production of of specialty polymer compounds in China: The company's compounding plant in Changshu, Jiangsu province, started the production of polyphthalamide (PPA), polyarylamide (PARA) and modified PARA for the country's electronics, automotive, consumer and industrial applications markets.

Celanese‘s recent takeover of one of India’s largest engineering thermoplastics compounders has enabled the firm to possess a 20 kilo tonnes per annum domestic compounding production facility in the country along with quality production lines to support local customers.

A union of giants: Chemical heavyweight BASF and Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec plan a further cooperation for a new world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, China. With this investment in plasticizers, the two partners could significantly increase their footprint in China's rubber and polymers business, industry experts believe.

From landfills to the Pacific Garbage Patch: Plastic waste is a major environmental and public health problem. India alone consumes 11 million tonnes of plastic per year out of which 5.6 million tonnes turns into waste. Now, a new technology from India could help to convert these waste amounts of waste into valueable high-indemand fuels virtually without causing any secondary pollution in the process...