Axalta has recently broken ground for a new 46,000-square-meter coatings facility in Jilin City, North China. The unit will produce mobility coatings for light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and automotive plastic components.

With an aim to accelerate value creation for the Solvay Group, the company has plans to simplify and realign its Executive Committee. With this new plan, members of the Executive Committee will be responsible for execution of corporate strategy and financial performance of their respective portfolios.

Clariant will work together with Wuxi Xiyuan for two new projects in China. The increasing demand for formaldehyde production technology in the region is due to the technology’s significantly higher efficiency and selectivity as compared to the traditional silver-based method of formaldehyde production.

The Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model has for some years now helped many sectors address the size, expense and the long-term nature of implementing large scale infrastructure projects. The article looks at common features that are crucial to the successful development and implementation of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) BOT projects.

The U.S. edged out to the second place in terms of propylene consumption? Very probable, says a new study. China is rising to become the greatest propylene consumer worldwide.

Production facilities in the process industry have very demanding requirements when it comes to safeguarding availability, safety, and efficient maintenance. Condition monitoring responds to these requirements by adopting a holistic approach that is leveraged to acquire and evaluate pertinent, comprehensive information from the field. PROFIBUS PA offers unprecedented performance to owners and operators alike.

The new software saves time with functionality, modelling and data pre-processing. It also makes model data easier to interpret for better process control and mines data to help optimise product quality, resource use and cost efficiency.

BASF and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL) have entered into a strategic partnership which aims at developing a sustainable battery value chain by focusing on cathode active materials (CAM) and battery recycling. CATL is also building its first European factory in Germany to localize lithium-ion battery production while BASF is constructing a cathode active materials plant in Schwarzheide, Germany.

Under a MOU signed between PureCycle Technologies and Mitsui, both the companies will jointly develop and operate a recycling facility in Japan to convert polypropylene waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene. The move is expected to support the establishment of a circular economy in the Asian country.

Wacker has recently confirmed the death of two construction workers at a Wacker Polysilicon plant in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. Both were reportedly hit by falling scaffolding during the night of the October 10th and were were pronounced dead at the scene by local emergency medical service.