Giacomo Sasselli will join the leadership team of Korean Songwon Industrial as the company's Executive Vice President for Corporate Manufacturing and Engineering.

Arkema announces an investment plan of some $ 343 million over five years in the biosourced polyamide 11 chain, which is used in particular in automotive, 3D-printing, and in consumer goods markets such as sports and electronics.

The scarcity of crude oil and a growing consciousness for the problems associated with plastic waste from packaging material make lead to a growing interest in degradable bioplastics. A new market study by Frost & Sullivan sees great chances for bioplastics as cost effective mass products.

After two years of construction and investments of 16 million, speciality chemicals company Clariant starts the production of AMPS-polymers at its facility in Tarragona, Spain. The new products come in–line with a focus on the market for mining chemicals, speakers explained.

Two new initiatives in the Netherlands aim to realise an open access pilot plant for polymerisation in order to boost production of plastics based on biomaterials.

French plant manufacturer Technip was selected to plan the Construction of a new Chemical Plant for Solvay in China.

It’s obvious: the peaks we witnessed on the commodity markets in the first half of 2011 were overstretched. Now investors are cutting positions, leading to a price correction that was, according to analysts, overdue. Our gallery shows trends and values of the global commodity markets.

Sibur lays the first foundations for its Zap Sib Neftekhim process plant: This facility for deep hydrocarbon to polyolefin processing in the Tyumen Region of Western Siberia is the biggest investment project in Sibur's history, the company states.

Blue Tech Research indentifies US aeration energy guzzlers in wastewater report. The report highlights the potential for growth in the low energy treatment technologies market worldwide.

Keeping in view the recent unique and peculiar situation arising out of environmental considerations in the Punjab area in particular, a slew of bioethanol refineries; as many as twelve have been planned and the general contract has been awarded to Praj who has expertise in this field of bioethanol refineries with a global footprint.