Exploring Mega Trends and Value Chain Complexity with Cepsa Chemicals
In the dynamic realm of the chemical industry, surfactants serve as indispensable components with versatile applications, particularly in the home and personal care sector.
Sustainability
13.09.2023 • News • Innovation
Traceless, a Game-Changing Biomaterial
In this interview, Christene Smith sits down with Anne Lamp, the CEO & Co-Founder of Traceless Materials, to delve into the groundbreaking world of natural biopolymer materials.
21.08.2023 • News
Ecovyst Appoints Colleen Grace Donofrio as Vice President – Environment and Sustainability
Ecovyst, a specialty catalyst and sulfuric acid recycling provider, announced today that Colleen Grace Donofrio has been appointed as its Vice President – Environment and Sustainability.
14.07.2023 • News
ExxonMobil Acquires Denbury Valued at €4.5 Billion
ExxonMobil has acquired Denbury, a carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and enhanced oil recovery company. The all-stock transaction is valued at €4.5 billion.
13.07.2023 • News
BP Wins €6.8 Billion Contract to Build Two Wind Farms off the German Coast
BP will develop two offshore wind projects as its entry into Europe's offshore wind market. The North Sea sites, with a 4GW total potential generating capacity, will be located 130 and 150 km offshore at 40 m depths.
Increasing the Sustainability of API Production
For Siegfried, sustainability is much more than a phrase with a green coating. The term, which encompasses social and economic criteria in addition to ecological aspects, is one of five central corporate values. One of the biggest levers for reducing energy and resource consumption in the pharma supply chain lies in the efficient production of active ingredients and pharmaceuticals. The company therefore works consistently on optimizing its processes.
Sustainability – The Many Facets of Action
Climate change, energy crisis, the call for a more environmentally compatible production method and socially responsible action do not stop at the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Sustainability is becoming a central competitive and reputation factor and carries a high economic value. This need not be to the industry´s disadvantage. It helps companies to make processes more efficient, reduces energy consumption and keeps costs in check. But is the pharmaceutical industry already doing enough in this regard?
22.05.2023 • News
German Merck Adds Renewable Energy Capacity
In what it calls another major step toward implementing its sustainability strategy, Germany’s Merck has signed a 16-year, off-site, virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Recurrent Energy for its Liberty County Solar project northeast of Houston Texas, in the US.
On Track for a Sustainable Future
Interview with Annegret Vester, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), CHT Germany
The Materials Revolution
Companies in the materials industry – including chemical companies – are seeing a revolution that is likely to drive a new wave of growth. To succeed, however, they will need to rethink their value chains, expand manufacturing in the region, and take advantage of digitally powered approaches to innovation.
14.03.2023 • News
LyondellBasell to Acquire Mepol Group
LyondellBasell has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mepol Group, a manufacturer of recycled, high-performing engineering compounds based in Italy and Poland.
05.01.2023 • News
Granules India and Greenko ZeroC Plan Green Pharma Zones
Granules India, a Hyderabad-based pharma company, is partnering compatriot clean energy company Greenko ZeroC to develop green zones for the sustainable manufacture of drugs and their intermediates.
07.12.2022 • News • Technology
Curiosity, Disillusionment, Persistence, Success
Given the challenges the pharmaceutical industry is facing – secure material supply, reduce operation cost and increase flexibility, enhance sustainability and safety, innovate and reduce time-to-market – the sector is poised for a breakthrough of flow chemistry.
07.12.2022 • News • Innovation
Chemistry and the „Next Normal”
Numerous crises such as climate change, energy shortages, raw material shortages, war in Ukraine and the consequences of the pandemic are putting value chains worldwide to the test.
The Energy Crisis as Opportunity
The current crisis, exacerbated by the economic downturn and war in Ukraine, can be an opportunity to reduce dependence on fossil feedstocks and explore sustainable alternatives.
21.10.2022 • News
ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell and Cyclyx in US Plastic Waste Project
ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell and Cyclyx International have agreed to jointly establish a plastic waste sorting and processing facility in Houston, Texas, USA, providing feedstock for both mechanical and advanced recycling technologies.
Sustainability and the Chemicals Industry
The chemicals industry is one of the world’s largest industrial sectors, worth €3,471 billion in 2020. It includes producers of industrial chemicals, polymers, pesticides, food and feed additives, and cosmetics, and is growing rapidly. By some estimates it will reach almost $22,000 billion by 2060.
20.09.2022 • News
Solvay Expands French Rare Earths Site
Solvay has announced plans to expand its rare earths operations in La Rochelle, France, in order to enter the permanent magnets sector in Europe and serve customers in the fast-growing electric vehicle, wind power and electronics markets.
20.09.2022 • News
Neste Studies Porvoo Shift to Renewable, Circular Feedstocks
Finnish oil refiner Neste has launched a study on transforming its Porvoo facility to renewables and circular feedstocks, ending crude oil refining in the mid-2030s.
03.08.2022 • News
OQ Chemicals Switching to Green Power
In its drive to become a climate-neutral company, Germany-based oxo-chemicals specialist OQ Chemical has announced it will switch all of its worldwide production sites to run on electricity from renewable sources in the medium term.
02.08.2022 • News
Unigel Plans Brazil’s First Hydrogen Plant
Major Brazilian chemical company Unigel is planning to invest $120 million in developing a site for green hydrogen production.
01.08.2022 • News
Air Products Beefs up its Climate Goals
Air Products is strengthening its sustainability goals, pledging to allot at least $4 billion in fresh capital for the transition to clean energy over the next five years. This builds on the more than $11 billion already commited to real zero- and low-carbon hydrogen projects.
21.07.2022 • News
Shell Invests Billions in Sustainability
Shell Chemicals has announced it will earmark “billions of euros” from its current capital spending budget to make production assets more sustainable as it works to achieve net zero emissions by 2032.
18.07.2022 • News
Perstorp “Green” Methanol Project Wins EU Aid
Project Air, a production facility for sustainable methanol in Stenungsund, Sweden, described by the project’s partners Perstorp, Fortum and Uniper as “unique,” has been selected as one of 17 large-scale “green tech” projects that will share more than €1.8 billion in aid from the EU Innovation Fund.
23.06.2022 • News
Clariant Restructures Business, Leadership
Clariant is restructuring its business and leadership to position itself for long-term sustainable growth and implement a cultural transformation.
17.06.2022 • News
Perstorp Starts Switch to Sustainable Polyols
Swedish chemical producer Perstorp is making strides toward its sustainability goals following its mid-May announcement that it will be acquired by Malaysian petrochemicals giant Petronas Group (PCG) for €1.54 billion.
Planning for the Unexpected
Dorothee Arns, Director General of FECC, discusses current challenges, market trends and her vision for the chemical distribution industry in Europe. The interview was conducted by Michael Reubold and Ralf Kempf.
17.05.2022 • News
Sustainability to Drive Evonik’s Business Growth
After making “good progress”, both strategically and financially, in the recent past, the next phase in Evonik’s drive toward enhanced business growth will see it execute “targeted and massive investments” in green chemistry and establish sustainability as its central innovation driver, CEO Christian Kullmann said at the company’s Capital Markets Day.
The Upswing of the Superstars
For its annual report "Value Creation in Chemicals 2021 – Ten Years of Steady Growth – and a Few Superstars," the strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group examined the performance of leading international chemical companies from 2011 to 2020. The long-term perspective shows that the industry has mastered serious market downturns with astonishing confidence.
19.04.2022 • Topics • Innovation
Blockchain in Chemical Value Chains
Interview with Jens Schmidt, ReCarbonX
21.01.2022 • News
Vertimass and European Energy Combine Carbon Technologies
US green technology company Vertimass has signed a Letter of Intent with Denmark’s European Energy to integrate their technologies for capturing CO2 and converting it into hydrocarbon products, such as renewable fuels and chemicals.
Chemistry Shapes the Future
In his interview with CHEManager, Jeff Zhu, chairman of the Chinese Association of International Chemical Manufacturers (AICM), talks about the industry’s role in helping achieve China’s carbon-neutrality goal.
30.11.2021 • Topics • Innovation
Providing Circular Side Stream Solutions
Interview with Steven De Laet, InOpSys
Making Demanding Applications Bio-Based
Biovox was founded in 2020 to enable more sustainability through renewable bioplastics even in difficult applications such as consumables in healthcare or machine parts.
20.10.2021 • News
ExxonMobil Plans Chemical Recycling Plant in Baytown
Following trials earlier this year of its proprietary technology for advanced recycling – also referred to as chemical recycling – ExxonMobil has now announced its intention to build a large-scale plant in Baytown, Texas, USA.
Sustech Consult
greenCHEM
IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V.
ReCarbonX AG
Krauss Maffei Technologies GmbH
Borealis AG
AkzoNobel
Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG
Sonichem TechnoLogies Ltd
AspenTech
Dow Corning GmbH
Horváth AG
Europäische Gesellschaft für Nachhaltige Labortechnologien e.V., Egnaton
Vital Solutions GmbH
Umicore AG & Co. KG
Clariant
Neil A. Burns LLC
Materia Bioworks
SustainCat
Covestro
PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.
BASF AG
Bioindustrial Innovation Centre
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Azelis Corporate Services NV
Universität Hohenheim - Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik
CHT Germany
A.I.S.E.
Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik GmbH
BioPhorum
Solvay
PlasticsEurope
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
BASF Polyurethanes
Together for Sustanability (TFS)
MBDC
The Dow Chemical Company
Beraca
AstraZeneca
Carbon Waters
Evonik Operations GmbH
Olon S.p.A.
PhytoAR Biotechnologie GmbH
DOW Chemical Company
Cleantech
IMCD Deutschland GmbH
Ecovyst Inc.
JMP Statistical Discovery / SAS Institute GmbH
MAUSER AG
Cepsa Química/Cepsa Chemicals