With the acquisition of Glycom, the world's leading supplier of Human Milk Oligosaccharides, DSM aims to expand its portfolio and accelerate growth in Early Life Nutrition. The move will also enable the firm to create next generation HMOs via DSM’s strong R&D platform.

With an aim to create a sustainable waste management system and reduce plastic pollution in the oceans, a material recovery facility will be set up in Pasuruan, Indonesia by Project Stop. The facility is expected to manage waste collection, segregation and recycling processes at the Lekok and Nguling municipalities.

While producing lithium batteries extremely high quality demands are placed on the preparation of the required raw materials – even to the limits of technical feasibility. For example, the contamination of cathode masses by foreign ions—in particular iron—must be avoided at all costs. Lödige has addressed this challenging process-technical task with a special version of the proven Ploughshare mixer.

Air Products signed a contract with Barrick Goldstrike that extends its long-standing agreement to operate and maintain Barrick’s oxygen plant in Elko, Nevada.

Versalis’ ‘Hoop’ project focuses on the development of a new technology to chemically recycle plastic waste and produce new virgin polymers. The company also has plans to set up a 6,000 tonne facility in Italy which will actively make use of this technology.

New technologies to treat water in refineries and petrochemical plants: Giving the right water treatment solution to refineries and petrochemical plants is a big challenge. Nalco has addressed this problem with a holistic cooling water management system.

Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) will work on the conversion of an existing chloralkali process plant in Thann, France: The company will convert the electrolysis plant and to update and expand the bromine recovery production facilities.

Metso will acquire the lime kiln and recausticizing business of FLSmidth through an exclusive license to the technology concerned. The acquired business will be affiliated to Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power segment, Fiber business line. The value of the transaction will not be disclosed.

Invista’s new 400 kilo-tonne-per-annum adiponitrile facility is expected to be integrated with the recently completed hexamethylenediamine plant and nylon 6,6 polymer facility to produce nylon 6,6 and other high-value products in China.

BASF and Sinopec are considering the extension of their Nanjing joint venture BASF-YPC Company Limited with the expansion of existing ethylene oxide (EO) production, and a new plant for neopentylglycol (NPG). BASF-YPC will further expand its acrylic acid value chain with additional acrylic acid and butyl acrylate plants. Production is expected to commence in 2014.