Eastman’s unique Carbon Renewal Technology makes use of waste plastic to produce new polyester-based polymers. The company plans to use up to 50 million pounds of waste plastic in its carbon renewal technology operations in 2020.

At a pilot facility in Singapore, Siemens has cut the energy needed to desalinate seawater by more than 50 percent. The plant processes 50 cubic meters of water per day, consuming only 1.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity per cubic meter. The most efficient desalination technique currently in use is reverse osmosis, which consumes more than twice as much energy.

Thyssenkrupp inaugurated its technology center for the oleochemical industry in Map Ta Phut. Representing an investment of more than € 18 million, the facility will become the company’s global oleochemical competence center for R&D, engineering, project execution and technology development services.

Total’s refining and chemicals platform in Antwerp has started up production of ethylene using ethane feedstock, which is extracted from natural gas.

Syngenta announced that two members of the company's Executive Committee — Trish Malarkey, Head of R&D and Mark Peacock, Head of Global Operations — will leave Syngenta at the end of September 2017.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than € 20 million to increase production capacity in Sweden for its Expancel product line for expandable microspheres.

The prefer redranges of application of the heat transfer fluids technology are given by the different organic heat transfer fluids. The technical operation specialist book reference 'Heat Transfer Technique with Organic Fluids' describes plants that primarily use organic heat transfer fluids. In this part of our PROCESS-Series we descripe how to construct Installations wherein production machines (e.g.presses) are heated and cooled with heat transfer oils.

Uhdenora and Befar Group have signed a contract for the construction of an 80,000 mtpy caustic soda plant at Binzhou City, Province of Shandong, China. The plant will be the world’s first to be based on the NaCl ODC technology owned by Uhdenora.

Borealis has declined Eurochem’s offer to take over its nitrogen business which includes fertilizer, melamine and technical nitrogen products. The move has been undertaken in the background of recent developments i.e. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the various sanctions imposed by countries on Moscow.

Ineos Styrolution and Sirap will focus on the use of polystyrene that is recycled through the depolymerisation process. With this, the joint project aims to establish a circular economy wherein post-consumer waste and environmental footprint is reduced.