08.07.2019
- The world plastics production, according to the PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)/Conversio Market & Strategy, almost reached 350 million tons in 2017. China is the...
28.06.2019
- Electromobility is on the rise around the world, not only for cars and bicycles, but it has now also reached water sports. The Spanish company Aquilaboards from Bilbao, for example...
11.06.2019
- Royal Dutch Shell said it will invest in its chemicals business between $3 billion and $4 billion every year through the next decade as it aims to expand into selected base...
17.05.2019
- Concluding AkzoNobel’s industry-first challenge called ‘Paint the Future’, five start-ups were rewarded with awards from AkzoNobel and one start-up received an additional award...
“68% of chemicals worth $76 billion will be sold online within the next five years.” This was the message from leading market research institutes and consultants in 2000...
06.05.2019
- UK environmental campaigners have long had their eyes on Ineos, in part because of the Swiss-based group’s aggressive fracking campaign but also because of what they say is its...
Companies need to change the way they operate. They must integrate and increase the transparency of their own end-to-end processes and operations, combining this with...
24.04.2019
- To coincide with Earth Day on Apr. 22, a newly formed United Arab Emirates (UAE) coalition of government, NGOs, global and local private companies announced a pledge to tackle the...
18.04.2019
- Projects dedicated to realizing the European Commission’s goal of a circular economy for plastics claim to have shown the viability of manufacturing virgin polystyrene from styrene...
11.04.2019
- Surfactants are used in a wide spectrum of applications. This broad range of use, among other things, will be at the center of interest of the 11th World Surfactants Congress to be...