19.03.2020
- The Additives business of Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant and UK-based bioplastics producer Floreon are collaborating to extend the performance properties and market...
17.03.2020
- Neste has acquired a minority stake in German cleantech company Sunfire for an undisclosed sum. The Dresden-based group is a developer of high-temperature electrolysis technology...
16.03.2020
- OMV will implement a divestment program, synergies and active cash flow management to support its purchase of a 39% stake in leading polymers producer Borealis from Mubadala...
11.03.2020
- Czech refining and petrochemical company Unipetrol plans to build a pyrolytic unit for processing plastic waste at its plant in Litvinov. The company has embarked on a research...
24.02.2020
- Under the name Shape the Future, Germany’s Wacker Chemie has launched a new efficiency program aimed at saving €250 million a year by reducing material costs and in-house services...
14.02.2020
- BASF has selected its Schwarzheide site in eastern Germany, as the location for a new plant to produce cathode active materials (CAM) for electric vehicles. The facility’s initial...
10.02.2020
- HCS Group was formed in 2013 through the merger of the companies Haltermann and Petrochem Carless, but its roots go back to 1859 (see info box). The supplier of high-quality...
29.01.2020
- Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to invest up to $1 billion in a scheme it calls Ambition Zero Carbon, which as the name suggests is aimed at achieving zero carbon...
21.01.2020
- Unplanned downtime of critical equipment is bad news for any chemical plant owner. It can result in missed output quotas, higher maintenance costs and even threats to employee...
14.01.2020
- Shell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals to explore building a polycarbonate (PC) plant in China. The facility using Shell’s newly developed...
