Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announces the start-up of a new world-scale industrial adhesives plant in Japan. Those new capacities will enable Bostik to serve its Japanese customers in the continuously growing markets of diapers, hygiene, packaging, labeling, transportation and electronics.…
Oil and gas processing equipment supplier Frames Group B.V. (Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands) has been awarded a contract to supply a hydrogen recovery and purification system for the MOL Group’s (Budapest, Hungary) Danube Refinery at Százhalombatta near Budapest.…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced that it has developed a new grade of post-consumer recycled polystyrene, together with the German packaging manufacturer Fernholz. The latest Form Fill Seal (FFS) formulations incorporate 40% r-PS, depending on final application, thanks to Trinseo’s unique…
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS; Kawasaki, Japan), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Tohoku Electric Power Network Co., Inc., Iwatani and Asahi Kasei Corp. will work together to develop green hydrogen technologies, with focus on further heightening system…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has commenced a process to select the contractor to build a hydrogen hub in Włocławek, designed to ultimately produce up to 600 kg of purified hydrogen per hour. The project, comprising the production unit and logistics…
The Fashion for Good consortium has initiated “Full Circle Textiles Project: Scaling Innovations in Cellulosic Recycling” – a first-of-its-kind consortium project. As much as 73% of clothing produced is sent to landfill or is incinerated, and of all new clothing…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has set up its new Zhuhai Sumika Polymer Compounds Co., Ltd. Wuxi branch (hereinafter, Wuxi Plant), as a new production facility for polypropylene (PP) compounds, to enhance its automotive materials business in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province,…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has launched a joint research project in pursuit of innovative technology to promote the recycling of plastic waste, working with Professor Takahashi Tsutomu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) plans to expand capacity for Oxone monopersulfate - a main active ingredient for disinfectants Due to the continuous strong demand for disinfectants, Lanxess is planning to expand its production capacity for Oxone monopersulfate by around 50%.…
Deloitte's oil, gas and chemicals lead Duane Dickson discusses a recent analysis from Deloitte on the current state of the chemical industry.