Orthex has plans to use Ineos Styrolution’s styrene acrylonitrile copolymer for producing storage products. The copolymers have been developed in partnership with BASF and is built on the firm’s styrene monomer derived from renewable feedstock which is based on a mass balance approach.

Stäubli Robotics will be launching its new series of robots – Stericlean+ at an upcoming pharma event in 2022. The robots are designed exclusively for use in isolators and deliver high flexibility and precision.

Solvay has launched SCS certified Rhodianyl polymers which are produced from 100 % recycled content. These polymers can be used in the consumer goods industry as well as the engineering plastics sector.

Idemitsu and Toray have plans to develop Japan’s first biomass ABS resin supply chain. Under the collaboration, they will produce biomass styrene monomer derived from biomass naphtha and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin.

Brexit is sealed ... What’s next for the EU-UK chemical industry? — Europe is the second largest chemicals producer in the world. With the UK now leaving the EU zone, what will this mean for chemical trade between the two sides? PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into this dynamic market scenario.

Coal chemistry has "great potential" in China, says China's president. Xi Jinping makes this statement - which makes climate activists around the world sit up and take notice - during a visit to one of the traditional coal provinces of the People's Republic. The most powerful politician in the country, which consumes the most coal in the world, visited coal chemical companies at the Yangjiagou Revolutionary Base in Yulin, Shaanxi province. PROCESS' China Market Insider explains what these statements mean.

Solvay’s new electric furnace at its Silica Plant in Collonges, France is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 % at the site. With this, the company aims to decarbonize its operations.

Avient has plans to divest its Distribution business to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital for 950 million dollars in cash. The firm has also signed a definitive agreement for the deal; however, it is subject to the satisfaction of regulatory requirements and other customary closing conditions.

Toyo India has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract for a 2.50 MMTPA Vacuum Distillation Unit at Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOCL) Gujarat refinery in India.

Honeywell has collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory to prototype and support the commercialization of a cartridge-based hydrogen fuel storage solution for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles.