Evonik’s Eudragit polymers have been used as coatings to create more effective drugs for 70 years. Over the decades, the portfolio of methacrylate polymers has established itself as the industry standard with more than 23,000 patents and 10,000 scientific publications mentioning the Eudragit brand.

Invista has decided to continue hexamethylene diamine production at its Orange site in Texas, USA after announcing to end its adiponitrile and hexamethylene diamine operations at the site last year.

Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies have plans to work together in order to offer a standardized modular solution for chemical recycling. The modular solution will be based on Alterra’s proprietary liquefaction technology.

With a total investment of 240 million dollars, Invista Nylon Chemicals (China) has successfully completed the expansion of its nylon 6,6 polymer site at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China.

The renewable alkylate which is derived from ethanol and produced through a series of Lummus’ technologies is a bio-based, low carbon intensity fuel blending component. The renewable alkylate boasts of offering 30 % lower carbon intensity than traditional gasoline.

Covestro has committed over 12 million euros to the Catalysis Research Centre of Covestro and RWTH Aachen University with an aim to continue its pioneering research into sustainable and recyclable materials.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2024’ from all over the world. Right from BASF partnering with Exterra for commercial scale CCS project in Canada to Topsoe’s technology being selected for one of Brazil’s first SAF plants, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director at Nova-Institute shares his views on replacing fossil-based naphtha with alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers. He also elaborates on the advantages and challenges of incorporating alternative naphtha in existing refineries and crackers.

Under an agreement signed between Bridgestone, BB&G and Eni, all the parties will come together to establish a closed-loop ecosystem which will aim at transforming end-of-life tyres into new tyres.

Zymochem has introduced Bayse – the world's first scalable, 100 % bio-based, and biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer. This innovation is expected to revolutionize the 145-billion-dollar global hygiene industry.