(IN BRIEF) Borealis has expanded its partnership with Tegral Materials to include Spain, Portugal, the UK, and Ireland starting September 1, 2025, strengthening distribution of its polyethylene and polypropylene solutions across Europe. Building on their earlier collaboration covering Belgium, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged ADNOC, Borcycle C, Borcycle™ M, Borealis, Bornewables, circular economy, Europe distribution, flexible packaging, OMV, partnership, polyethylene, polymer technology, polypropylene, rigid packaging, sustainability, sustainable plastics, Tegral Materials, Vinmar
(IN BRIEF) Nippon Paper Industries has selected ANDRITZ to supply a state-of-the-art recovery boiler for its Ishinomaki pulp mill, scheduled for start-up in 2028. The 2,200 tds/d boiler will allow the shutdown of one coal-fired unit and two recovery boilers, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ash leaching system, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reduction, high-dry solids concentrator, Ishinomaki mill, Japan, Kanadevia, Masato Tsuchitana, Nippon Paper Industries, paper industry, partnership, pulp mill technology, recovery boiler, sustainability, Yoshinori Matsubara
(IN BRIEF) Dürr has inaugurated a state-of-the-art paint shop at Volkswagen Group’s Puebla plant in Mexico, one of the automaker’s largest facilities worldwide. The project, awarded in 2022 and launched in January 2025, includes two parallel painting lines with advanced … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automotive, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bruno Welsch, CO2 reduction, Dürr, DXQ software, EcoDryScrubber, EcoInCure, EcoProFleet, EcoRS Clean F, energy-efficient production, Mexico, Oxi.X.RV, Paint Shop of the Future, partnership, sustainability, sustainable automotive manufacturing, vehicle painting technology, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Puebla
(IN BRIEF) Covestro has completed its acquisition of Pontacol, a Swiss producer of multilayer adhesive films, effective August 28, 2025. The deal expands Covestro’s Solutions & Specialties segment by adding advanced flat and blown adhesive films, strengthening its presence in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged acquisition, adhesive films, ballistic protection, Buxtehude, circular economy, composites, Covestro, electronics, Germany, medical technology, mobility, multilayer films, partnership, polymer materials, Pontacol, Schmitten, Solutions & Specialties, sustainability, Switzerland, textiles
(IN BRIEF) AkzoNobel’s Coral brand has launched Touching Colors in Brazil, an innovative accessibility project developed with VML Brasil and the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind. Based on neuroscience insights, the initiative reimagines 70 shades into poetic sensory descriptions … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged accessibility, AkzoNobel, Alexandre Munck, braille, Brazil, Cannes Lions, Coral, Coral 70th anniversary, Cromopoems, Daniel Geiger Campos, decorative paints, Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind, Gabriel Sotero, Inclusion, neuroscience, partnership, sensory innovation, Touching Colors, visual impairment, VML Brasil
(IN BRIEF) BASF will showcase the next stage of its VALERAS® portfolio at K 2025, presenting new additive solutions that drive sustainability across the plastics lifecycle. The portfolio’s latest addition, TINUVIN® NOR® 112, enhances greenhouse film performance in organic farming … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Marketing
Tagged #OurPlasticsDialogues, #OurPlasticsJourney, BASF, Cleanfarms, Dr. Achim Sties, Düsseldorf trade fair, greenhouse films, HALS stabilizer, Irgastab, K 2025, McKenzie Snyder, plastic additives, plastic circularity, plastic lifecycle, plasticulture, Shouman Group, special additives, sustainability, Takazuri Ltd, TINUVIN NOR 112, VALERAS™
(IN BRIEF) Evonik has inaugurated a new world-scale alkoxides production facility on Jurong Island, Singapore, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year. The investment strengthens regional supply security and supports industries including biodiesel, pharmaceuticals, and chemical recycling. Designed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Alexander Weber, alkoxides, Asia supply chain, Bettina Fanghänel, biodiesel, catalysts, chemical recycling, circular economy, Claus Rettig, Custom Solutions, Evonik, Grace Fu, Hu Song, Jurong Island, Lauren Kjeldsen, Max Preisenberger, partnership, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, Singapore, sustainability, sustainable chemistry
(IN BRIEF) Covestro has appointed Annie Chen as the new Managing Director of Covestro Taiwan, effective 1 September 2025. Currently Head of Supply Chain and Logistics for Taiwan, Korea, New Zealand, and Australia, Chen succeeds Dr. Carsten Wildebrand, who will … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Annie Chen, appointment, Asia Pacific, Bayer MaterialScience Taiwan, Bayer Taiwan, Carsten Wildebrand, Chemical Industry, Covestro, Covestro Taiwan, INNOVATION, leadership, leadership transition, logistics, management appointment, materials science, partnership, supply chain, sustainability strategy, Taiwan business
(IN BRIEF) Wood has secured $18 million in contracts to provide project management consultancy for Turkey’s largest polypropylene plant and terminal facility, part of the Ceyhan project in Adana province. Deploying more than 70 experts, Wood will oversee EPC works … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged Adana, carbon reduction, Ceyhan project, EPC, Gerry Traynor, Hydrogen Fuel, partnership, Petrochemical Industry, PMC, polypropylene plant, polypropylene production, Project Management Consultancy, propane storage, renewable electricity, Rönesans Holding, Sonatrach, Stolt-Nielsen, sustainability, Turkey, Wood
(IN BRIEF) Borealis has supplied Bornewables™ polypropylene to STABILO, enabling the integration of renewable-based materials into the iconic Point 88 and Pen 68 pens. The collaboration, facilitated by Gehr, allows STABILO to cut carbon emissions without compromising on performance or … Read the full press release
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Tagged Borealis, Bornewables, carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, climate neutrality, Gehr, Helmut Gehr, Horst Brinkmann, ISCC PLUS, John Webster, net zero, partnership, Pen 68, Point 88, polypropylene, renewable feedstocks, STABILO, stationery industry, sustainability, sustainable materials, waste and residue
(IN BRIEF) BASF has completed the sale of Wintershall Dea’s international E&P operations, excluding Russia, to Harbour Energy plc ahead of schedule after securing all regulatory approvals. The $11.2 billion deal includes cash payments, Harbour shares, and the transfer of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 2P reserves, BASF, carbon capture and storage, CCS licenses, Dawn Summers, Dirk Elvermann, E&P assets, Hamburg headquarters closure, Hans-Ulrich Engel, Harbour Energy, international energy transaction, Kassel headquarters closure, Larissa Janz, London Stock Exchange, Mario Mehren, oil and gas divestment, oil production, partnership, Paul Smith, Russia exit, SEFE Securing Energy for Europe, Stefan Schnell, sustainability, WIGA Transport Beteiligungs, Wintershall DEA
(IN BRIEF) BASF’s Glasurit 100 Line took centre stage at the 47th WorldSkills Competition in Lyon, where the company, as the exclusive global industry partner for the Car Painting skill, supported 23 finalists with premium automotive refinish products and expert … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 3M, automotive refinish, Awards, BASF, car painting, Chris Titmarsh, David Hoey, eco-efficiency, Glasurit 100 Line, Hui-Shan Chen, Jason Scherer, Lara Kaufmann, leadership, Lyon, Refinity, Ronan Le Tutour, SATA, Shanghai 2026, skills development, sustainability, Vikash, vocational training, WorldSkills Competition, WorldSkills International, WorldSkills Museum, Yuto Hoshino
(IN BRIEF) Covestro is acquiring two HDI derivative production sites in Rayong, Thailand, and Freeport, USA, from Vencorex Holding SAS to expand its global aliphatics capabilities. The move strengthens the company’s Solutions & Specialties segment and supports its Sustainable Future … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Investment
Tagged adhesives, aliphatics production, Asia-Pacific, Christian Baier, Coatings and Adhesives, Covestro, DSM Resins & Functional Materials, Freeport, HDI derivatives, hexamethylene diisocyanate, materials manufacturing, North America, polyurethane Coatings, production capacity expansion, PTT Global Chemical, Rayong, sealants, specialty chemicals, Sustainable Future strategy, THAILAND, Thomas Roemer, USA, Vencorex
(IN BRIEF) WACKER and Gearbox Biosciences have launched a partnership to co-develop advanced, antibiotic-free pDNA manufacturing techniques aimed at improving scalability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Leveraging WACKER’s GMP biologics know-how and Gearbox’s Pop-Out-Plasmid® technology, the project will focus on streamlining workflows … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Estonia, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged advanced therapies, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic-free manufacturing, biomanufacturing, collaboration, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, ESETEC®, GEA, Gearbox Biosciences, GMP biologics, microbial fermentation, Munich Biotechnology Center, partnership, pDNA, plasmid DNA, PLASMITEC®, Pop-Out-Plasmid®, San Diego, Scalability, WACKER
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Glasgow’s School of Chemistry have developed a novel, catalyst-free ultrasound method to destroy bisphenol A (BPA) in water. By applying two ultrasound frequencies simultaneously, their prototype generates cavitation bubbles that reach extreme temperature … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Education, Environment, Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged bisphénol A, BPA removal, cavitation bubbles, chemical oxygen demand, Dr Lukman Yusuf, Dr Zelika Ertekin, dual-frequency, EPSRC, methylene blue, PFAS, Professor Mark Symes, Royal Society, School of Chemistry, Shaun Fletcher, sonochemistry, sustainable technology, Symes Group, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, ultrasound, University of Glasgow, water treatment
(IN BRIEF) ABP has let a 158,000 sq ft warehouse plus 53,000 sq ft of covered space at King George Dock in Hull to Mitsubishi Chemical UK, enhancing the Port of Hull’s strategic logistics network. The site’s proximity to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged ABP, Andrew Dawes, Associated British Ports, Canopy, chemical manufacturing, Fluor Corporation, Greg Lacey, Hull Container Terminal, Humber Estuary, King George Dock, logistics, Michael Curtis, Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited, partnership, Port of Hull, Saltend Chemicals Park, SoarnoL EVOH, supply chain efficiency, sustainability, Warehousing
(IN BRIEF) Bayer has filed for EU approval of icafolin‑methyl, its first new herbicide mode of action in over 30 years, after earlier submissions in Brazil, the U.S., and Canada. With peak sales estimated at €750 million, icafolin‑methyl is slated for … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, Bayer, Brazil launch, CropKey, DSO operating model, EU registration, glyphosate, icafolin‑methyl, Mike Graham, novel mode of action, no‑till, peak sales €750 million, post‑emergent weed control, Rachel Rama, reduced tillage, reduced‑risk herbicide, Regenerative Agriculture, sustainability, sustainable farming, weed resistance
(IN BRIEF) Versalis and Acea Ambiente have signed an MoU to collaborate on recycling initiatives aimed at recovering value from post‑consumer and post‑industrial plastics. They will jointly identify waste streams at Acea Ambiente’s facilities suitable for Versalis’s mechanical and chemical … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Acea Ambiente, Adriano Alfani, chemical recycling, circular economy, decarbonisation, Eni, Gabriele Di Cintio, Hoop® technology, low‑carbon transition, Mantua demonstration facility, mechanical recycling, Memorandum of Understanding, partnership, Porto Marghera plant, post‑consumer plastics, post‑industrial plastics, Priolo industrial plant, recycling, secondary raw materials, sorting platforms, supply chain optimization, sustainability, Versalis, waste streams
(IN BRIEF) Borealis launches Borcycle™ CWT120CL, a recycled linear low‑density polyethylene containing 85 percent post‑consumer content, tailored for non‑food flexible packaging. Manufactured at Ecoplast’s Wildon plant using Erema’s Intarema® extrusion system, the grade benefits from advanced purification—Counter Current preconditioning, dual‑stage filtration, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Borcycle™ CWT120CL, Borcycle™ M, Borealis, Counter Current technology, double degassing, dual‑stage filtration, Ecoplast, ecoSAVE®, energy efficiency, Erema, flexible packaging, Intarema® extrusion system, non‑food applications, PCR, post‑consumer recycled content, PPWR compliance, rLLDPE, sustainability, We4Customers strategy
(IN BRIEF) BASF’s Ultrason® E 3010 nat serves as the foundation for Amberware, a reusable tableware concept by Kyoraku that leverages the material’s natural honey‑amber tint, toughness, and chemical resistance. These lightweight, microwave‑ and dishwasher‑safe plates resist cracking and chipping—backed by a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial
Tagged aerospace components, Amberware, automotive components, BASF, catering applications, chemical resistance, circular economy, dishwasher‑safe, heat resistance, honey‑amber tint, household goods, Koichiro Yoshida, Kyoraku, lifetime guarantee, lightweight, Nami Lohbeck, PESU, polyethersulfone, reusable plastics, Sustainable Design, tableware, Ultrason E 3010 nat, water-filtration membranes
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