The consortium has jointly developed a surface printing mono-material film packaging material technology. The technology complies with the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation which focuses on building a low-carbon and circular global economy.

Trillium Renewable Chemicals has chosen Ineos Nitriles’ Green Lake facility in Port Lavaca, Texas to develop the world’s first demonstration plant for converting plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile. Named ‘Project Falcon’, the project is expected to commence operations in early 2025.

Wacker has acquired the US-based Bio Med Sciences’ manufacturing assets and know-how. With this move, Wacker aims to advance its expertise for fully integrated development and production of silicone-coated adhesive products.

Lyondell Basell has successfully completed the acquisition of a 35 % stake in National Petrochemical Industrial Company (Natpet) from Alujain. This move enables Lyondell Basell to expand its core polypropylene business.

Nouryon has recently announced that it has obtained the ISCC Plus certification for green ethylene oxide, ethanolamines, and ethylene amines. This certification will enable the company to produce more sustainable surfactants.

Hexcel and Fairmat have entered into a 10-year agreement to recycle carbon fiber composite materials from Hexcel Salt Lake City for reuse in composite materials sold into various commercial markets.

Lallemand's subsidiaries, Danstar Ferment and Lallemand Specialties have acquired BASF’s bioenergy enzymes business which is based in San Diego, California, USA. With this move, BASF will continue to focus on its enzyme activities in the animal feed and detergents markets.

Asahi Kasei Medical's subsidiary Bionova Scientific has plans to launch a plasmid DNA business and for this it will develop a new facility in Texas, USA. The unit is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2025 for process development and later in 2025 for GMP manufacturing.

Lummus’ new renewable dimethyl ether technology can process numerous types of methanol to produce renewable dimethyl ether. The technology is also capable of lowering Capex and Opex.

Many processes require ammonia — but handling this volatile substance, which is aggressive in combination with water, is not easy. In particular, the need to take regular samples poses challenges for operators. Optimized processes enable faster sampling of ammonia and thus contribute to higher accuracy, lower costs and greater employee safety.