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Clariant will supply its Catofin catalyst and Heat Generating Material for ZPC's new propane dehydrogenation unit in China. The facility will have a nameplate capacity of 1.2 million metric tons per year.
Clariant's CLARITY and AI-powered CLARITY Prime have won Best Digital Innovation at the ICIS Innovation Awards 2026. The platforms support catalyst lifecycle management through connected data, expert collaboration and process-specific analytics.
Qemetica has started selling agricultural products in the Australian market through Qemetica Agricultural Solutions Australia. The group describes Australia as a strategic point for expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.
Syensqo has launched Repel-O-Tex Crystal Premium, a new generation soil release polymer for liquid laundry detergents. The solution was developed for shorter and colder wash cycles and compatibility with concentrated formulations and pouches.
SI Group is celebrating the 100th anniversary of manufacturing operations at its Pratteln facility in Switzerland. The jubilee highlights the site’s role in producing specialty chemical intermediates and in maintaining long-term relationships with customers and the local community.
Clariant reported that in 2025 its catalysts enabled the avoidance of 45 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions. This was 5 million tonnes more than in 2024, with reductions achieved in areas including DRI production, nitric acid and green methanol.
At interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf, Minebea Intec will present integrated, individually engineered weighing and inspection solutions, from dynamic systems to bench and floor scales and SPC software.
Borealis will invest EUR 4.5 million in upgrading the steam cracker furnaces in Porvoo to increase the share of renewable and recycled feedstocks in ethylene and propylene production. Completion of the investment programme is planned for 2025.
Xenia has introduced a portfolio of reinforced thermoplastic composites based on HDPE, PP and PVDF, formulated for chemically aggressive media, elevated temperatures and ATEX-classified environments in the chemical process industry.
Henkel Adhesive Technologies and Ravenwood Packaging have formed a strategic cooperation focused on hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesives for linerless labelling. The alliance will be highlighted at Label Expo 2025 on stands 4C56 and 5A52.
Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment - have become a growing environmental problem worldwide.
Today, BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnaces. Following three years of development, engineering, and construction work, the regular operation of the demonstration plant is now ready to start at BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. In March 2021 the three companies signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracking furnaces.
ECHA CHEM is the new solution to share with the public the growing amount of information hosted by the Agency.
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, one of the leading international distributors of specialty chemical products, pharma and food ingredients, is expanding its long-standing partnership with Evonik.
Hamburg, January 17, 2024. Krahn Chemie is strengthening its presence in Central and Eastern Europe and expanding its business in this growth region.
45 webinars on Lanxess products, services and strategic alignment
Well-known as the “Festival of composites” each year in Paris, JEC World is a unique event dedicated to composite materials, their manufacturing technologies and application markets.
At the end of January 2023, trade fair promoters P. E. Schall had already registered 1169 exhibitors from 38 countries. “Halls A1 to A7 and B1 to B5, as well as the east and west foyer areas, including the east concourse, are nearly full,”
Neste, Borealis, Uponor and Wastewise Group enable chemical recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic waste into new high-quality plastic pipes
Ineos Olefins Belgium has today announced it has raised €3.5 billion to support the construction and operation of the most environmentally sustainable cracker in Europe.
The 9th ICIS World Polyolefins Conference is just around the corner — an exciting event that brings together senior-level executives, market experts and industry innovators from across the polymer and chemical community
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a Washington, DC-based court of arbitration under the World Bank, has issued its final rulings in the dispute between MOL Plc and the Republic of Croatia in a 216-page Award.
Ascend Performance Materials’ Trinohex Ultra is now REACH-registered and available across the European Union.
Lanxess and Standard Lithium have signed an agreement setting forth the path forward for their lithium project
Interview with Ralf Krueger, Lanxess Regional Head EMEA
LANXESS expands capacity of microbial active ingredient Preventol. Additional capacity available in the first quarter of 2022
Approximately CHF 60 million investment to significantly expand production capacity of Clariant’s Exolit OP range of flame retardants
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced that it has reached definitive agreements for the divestment of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group (“Heubach”) and SK Capital Partners (“SK Capital”).
Specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp is planning large-scale production of sustainable methanol from captured carbon dioxide and other residue streams. This could contribute substantially towards a climate-neutral industry.
Worldwide plastics recycling has been moving at a high pace. Most international brands have set themselves the goal to offer only recyclable-packed products by 2025.
Low dosing, enhanced recyclability and major reductions in scrap rate and energy consumption – Holland Colours is expanding its TasteGuard range of additives for PET with the addition of two new AA scavenger products.
Huntsman Corporation today announced its agreement to acquire Gabriel Performance Products
Ampacet now offers halogen-free flame retardant masterbatches, Halofree 709 and Halofree 229, featuring outstanding flame retardancy in polyethylene film at low addition rates and compliance with health and environmental safety protection regulations.
A special honor has been bestowed upon researchers from the WACKER Group and from the WACKER Institute for Silicon Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
SABIC today confirms that the establishment of its Specialties strategic business unit (SBU), as a separate, stand-alone business, which will remain owned by SABIC, is on track.
Sibur announces senior appointments aimed at developing the Company's management and strengthening the executive team in key business areas.