Bayer MaterialScience is set to invest some US$ 120 million into its site at Baytown, Texas. The investments are designed to upgrade and improve the site's production facilities for isocyanates and polycarbonates.

BASF has plans to establish a separate mobile emissions catalysts business due to the massive shift in the automotive industry towards the sustainable electromobility market. The new business is expected to prepare for the changes in the internal combustion engine market. Also, the company’s massive investment in battery materials and recycling will further strengthen this segment.

Specialty chemicals company Perstorp invests in extended capacity for the polyalcohol Neopentyl Glycol by establishing production at the Group’s manufacturing site in China.

Bayer and Lanxess sell their stakes in the chemical park operator Currenta to funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Mira), the world's largest infrastructure investor. Both companies signed corresponding agreements on August 6, 2019.

The new CA-6-14-A Analyzer from Electro Chemical Devices measures Total Nitrogen in the range of 0-30.0 mg/L using a UV Digestion and a Colorimetric based analysis. Total Nitrogen is the combination of organic and inorganic nitrogen (NH4, NO3, NO2) present in the sample. It is a common measurement in drinking water and in municipal wastewater effluent.

Ineos FPS will deploy Opex Group’s emissions.AI software at its Kinneil Terminal in Grangemouth, Scotland to further lower carbon emissions from its operations. The move is in line with the company’s goal of achieving net zero by 2045. The AI-based optimization technology has the potential to initially identify up to a 10 % reduction in existing emissions.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has recently stated that the U.S. chemical production expanded this year due to the post-lockdown spending surge which significantly increased the demand for chemicals. In this background, the U.S. chemical industry has a positive outlook going into 2022.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is investing € 17 million in the expansion of its production capacities for polychloroprene rubber at Dormagen, Germany.

Reliance and BP have entered into a new JV in order to meet India’s fast-growing demand for energy and mobility. Together, the companies aim at increasing RIL’s current fuel retailing network of over 1,400 sites across India to 5,500 sites over the next five years.

MOX-Linde Gases, a member of The Linde Group, officially opened its new RM 200 million (€ 47 million) air separation plant (ASU) in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia.