Evonik has unveiled its plans to develop the mega production plant for bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids in Slovakia by investing a significant three-digit million-dollar amount. The new plant is expected to come on stream in the next two years.

Under the terms of the agreement, Saudi Aramco will expand its downstream investment in the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone. The MOU also includes a long-term crude oil supply agreement and the ability to utilise Zhejiang Petrochemical’s large crude oil storage facility to serve its customers in Asia.

Following a construction phase lasting 20 months, Wacker has brought a new spray dryer for the production of dispersible polymer powders on stream in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant is part of an ongoing site expansion aimed at boosting the company’s production capacity for dispersions and dispersible polymer powders in Asia.

Ineos Technologies recently announced that its Bichlor membrane technology has been selected by Olin Corporation for the conversion of their Charleston, Tennessee site.

A new research by the Duke and Kent State universities provides surprising results: Although hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") consumes less water than conventional gas wells, the waste water can still overstress local disposal and cleaning systems...

Lonza announced the acquisition of Hansa Biomed Life Sciences, based in Tallinn, Estonia, and a strategic investment into Exosomics Siena, Italy.

Ashland’s Composites business will now become Ineos Composites and will continue to produce unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and gelcoats. The deal also includes acquiring Ashland’s BDO facility in Germany which produces key intermediates for high performance polyesters and polyurethanes.

Under the MOU, Lyondell Basell and Bora will form a 50:50 JV in China. The new JV will also operate a 1.1 million tonne ethylene cracker which is expected to produce olefins & polyolefins in order to expand Lyondell Basell’s participation in the rapidly growing Chinese olefins & polyolefins market.

Toyo Engineering and its consortium partner Daewoo Nigeria have jointly received letter of award to build world’s largest single train urea plant from Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals. The proposed facility will be built at Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals existing petrochemicals complex at Port Harcourt, River state, Nigeria

Straightforward, transparent and in real-time – that’s what characterizes the new Incyte Arc sensor from Hamilton Bonaduz. It will be shown to brewers for the first time at the Brau Beviale in hall 6, booth 209.