The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has reported that its U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index has expanded by 0.4 % in January following a 1.4 % gain in December and a 0.3 % gain in November.

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich have developed a method that could make the production of fuel from waste economically viable.

Akzo Nobel Performance Coatings is expanding again in Asia Pacific. Prior to the investment in Singapore and Sunshine, Australia, today the company announced plans to invest €2.5 million to expand its plant in Cikarang, Indonesia.

Under an agreement signed between Chevron and Renewable Energy Group (REG), Chevron will acquire the outstanding shares of REG for 3.15-billion-dollars, thus taking over the company. The move will help Chevron to meet its goal of increasing its renewable fuels production capacity to 100,000 barrels per day by 2030.

Munich-based Wacker Chemie has intensified its cooperation with Royal Tech CSP of China, a specialist for efficient solar thermal systems that are based on CSP (concentrated solar power) technologies.

Xylem has won a significant contract to supply its Flygt brand submersible pumps and monitoring and control technology as part of a project to upgrade Europe’s largest (and the world’s second largest) wastewater treatment plant located near Paris, France.

With an aim to reduce industry emissions, ExxonMobil has plans to develop a hydrogen production plant along with one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects at its Baytown site in Texas, USA.

One of the polymerisation units of Sibur’s new petrochemical facility, Zap Sib Neftekhim in Siberia has come online. The unit is now producing polyethylene by using its own feedstock at its Tobolsk complex in Russia.

Located at BASF’s Antwerp site, the new production plant for alkylethanolamines will help the company to increase its global capacity by 30 % to more than 140,000 metric tons annually. Start-up of the project is expected to be in 2024.

Kemira has started up production in its new strength resin plant located in Estella, Spain. The strength resins produced at the plant are used in tissue, laminate, specialty and packaging as well as food and liquid packaging boards.