BASF has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. The complex has a capacity of 160,000 tons of acrylic acid per year. The investment of more than € 500 million is the largest in BASF’s more than century-long history in South America.

Ceresana’s recent report on the global market for adhesives has revealed that more than 14.7 million tonnes of adhesives were consumed around the globe in 2019. It further states that vinyl adhesive was the most important type of product last year with a demand volume of over 4.3 million tonnes.

Sabic announced the start-up of its new Polypropylene (PP) extrusion facility in Geleen, The Netherlands.

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) was established with an aim to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers. Greiner Packaging, one of the leading European plastic packaging manufacturers has recently joined SCS and will now work together to achieve the unique circularity capacity of polystyrene.

IMA is pushing on continuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical production within the new Innovation Hub.

Technip, in a consortium with Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has been awarded a engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract by Petro Vietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFC).

Sibur, a Russian petrochemical specialist and automation company Schneider Electric plan to co-operate in terms of energy management: Sibur's General Director Dmitry Konov and by Schneider Electric Chairman and CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire agreed on partnership terms at the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Pfeiffer Vacuum has recently announced that the ATC by Pfeiffer Vacuum Mass Extraction leak testing process meets FDA standard F3287 for leak testing. This shortens the FDA approval process for pharmaceutical products that require leak testing significantly.

A new material changes its conductivity depending on the concentration of CO2 in the environment. The researchers who developed it have utilized the material to produce a miniature, simply constructed sensor.

A century in water treatment: Siemens Water Technologies celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the first chlorine gas metering unit for water disinfection –a milestone breakthrough in the fight against waterborne disease...