Paints and coatings group AkzoNobel is investing €20 million to expand capacity for automotive powder coatings at its site in Como, Italy. The company said the project...
Chemicals are a critical, but often overlooked, factor of success for a circular economy. 96% of all products on European markets, from food to medical treatments, from...
Japanese engineering plastics specialist Polyplastics has announced plans to build a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) production plant in Leuna, Germany, to meet growing...
According to its latest Chemical Quarterly Report, which CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, published on Sept. 10, chemical output in the EU27 dropped by 5.2%...
Air Liquide has entered into a long-term agreement with Eastman Chemical for the supply of additional gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and syngas. The extra volumes will support...
Unilever has announced that it will source 100% of the carbon used in its cleaning and laundry products from renewable or recycled sources rather than from traditional...
Maire Tecnimont’s green chemistry division NextChem has formed a partnership with Brazilian industrial biotech GranBio to co-license the latter’s patented technology to...
Designed for their performance and durability, synthetic plastics have become indispensable as “materials of every-day use”. However, their characteristic long life span...
In a more than four-day marathon session, marked in part by acrimonious discussions, EU leaders passed both the planned €750 million coronavirus recovery package and a...
