World's largest pilot plant for the production of "green" hydrogen at the voestalpine site in Linz, Austria. Capacity of 6 megawatts: the most effective and advanced plant of its type plant is scheduled to be fully operational by spring 2019.

Borealis, announces a new round of investments in its melamine and fertilizer production facilities in Linz, Austria.

Air Liquide will invest 80 million euros in the construction of a "new generation" hydrogen production unit. This state-of-the-art plant will be fitted with a new Air Liquide proprietary technology that improves energy efficiency and the overall environmental footprint of the production process.

A MOU has been signed with an as yet unnamed commercial partner and FEED studies have commenced.

Estonian petrochemicals manufacturer Novotrade Invest has announced plans to build an oil waste processing plant in Kohtla-Järve, the first of its kind in the country.

As part of the joint venture Elme Messer Gaas, Messer and the BLRT Grupp, have invested around five million euros in a new oxygen production plant in Järvakandi, Estonia.

The production capacity will be expanded to ensure Kemira’s ability to address the growing need for sodium hydroxide in Finland.

​Kemira celebrated today the opening of its new sodium chlorate production line in Joutseno, Finland.

Niort Plant Expansion to Support Demand Growth in Tires Business

CARBIOS announces that it has taken a new step forward with the production of virgin PET made out of terephthalic acid coming from its biorecycling process of post-consumer PET plastic bottles.

Company accelerates innovation in performance tire market. The production expansion adds additional 50 KT of S-SBR capacity to the Schkopau site and increases the company’s global S-SBR production by 33 percent.

Increasing demand for high quality dyes, 25 percent higher capacities from the end of 2018. Investment volume of more than five million euros

Plant was built through a joint venture of MOL Group and the JSR Corporation. Synthetic rubber (S-SBR) is one of the most innovative raw materials for safe and fuel efficient tires. Feedstock material to the new plant will be secured from MOL’s butadiene extraction unit

Toray Industries announced that it has decided to construct a new PPS compound production facility at the Hungarian site of its U.S subsidiary Zoltek Companies, Inc. It is Toray’s first resin compound production facility in Europe and is expected to start operations in March, 2018 with 3,000 tons annual production capacity.

Gives Takeda in-house production capacity to meet global demand for NINLARO® (ixazomib). Puts Drug Substance, Drug Product, Packaging and Quality Control all under one roof. Expected to become operational in the second half of 2018

Successful exploration at the Tara zinc mine in Ireland has identified a new mineralisation with an inferred mineral resource of 10 Mtonnes. Boliden has decided to expand the mine’s tailings dam and launch a programme to extend the life-of-mine.

Aquafil to provide R&D collaboration and development funding; gains option for commercial plant to create sustainable caprolactam, a key ingredient to producing 100 percent sustainable nylon

Solvay inaugurates the new energy-efficient gas turbine at its soda ash plant in Rosignano, Italy, securing current production capacity and long-term competitiveness on local and export markets.

Poligal, the manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and cast polypropylene (CPP) film, announces the start up of its new plant in Poland, a project with an investment of 40 million euros in its new BOPP film extrusion line.

Innovative catalysts solutions help customers meet tight emission regulation standards. Additional capacity strategically focused on Europe

As is public knowledge, Indorama Ventures acquired the assets of ARTLANT’s 700.000 tonne PTA unit, located in ZILS – Sines Industrial and Logistic Zone, in Sines, Portugal. Indorama Ventures is the number 1 Thai Company with 70 sites in 4 continents and is the number 1 global integrated PET producer with 20% of the world market share. The new owners of the site in ZILS, will start maintenance works in January 2018 and expect to start production in the second half of 2018.

The Ellalink project, linking Latin America to Europe, sets the European entry station of the submarine cable, with over 10,000km, in the Business Center of the Industrial and Logistics Zone of Sines (ZILS). ZILS sets forth the ability to accommodate investment projects from different sorts of economic activities. The submarine cable will expand communication between Europe and Latin America.

More than EUR 300 million have been invested by Slovnaft in the new production unit and its components Low density polyethylene production capacity will reach 220,000 tons per annum. The contractor was a Maire Tecnimont Group, Italy. After successful technology testing, start-up and guarantee testing, commercial production will start in early 2016.

The plant to be built in Strazske, Slovak Republic, will deliver 55,000 metric tons per year of cost-competitive cellulosic ethanol while using non-food biomass as its feedstock.

Company will implement a technological overhaul at the Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant with a €100 million investment. This project reaffirms Cepsa’s position as global leader in LAB, with its capacity of 650 kt in 2020. LAB is used to produce biodegradable detergents. The company has specialized production plants in Spain, Canada and Brazil

Investment in a second expansion by 26,000 t/year of the chlorine and caustic soda plant production capacity at the Vila-seca I factory, which it expects to come into operation by the end of 2018

EUR 4 million to respond to increasing demand for electricity newly expanded high voltage (HV) in electrical testing facilities at the Borealis Innovation Centre in Stenungsund, Sweden.

AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than €4 million to increase production capacity in Sweden for its Levasil CC-branded product line of patented surface modified colloidal silica. The expansion will help meet growing customer demand and will strengthen the company’s market leadership position.

CALORIC has won the international tender for engineering and construction of a biomethanation pilot & demonstration plant in Solothurn, Switzerland. For the methanation of carbon dioxide and hydrogen, microorganisms are used as biocatalyst.

Investments of 3 billion Swiss francs in modern research infrastructure, attractive workplaces and sustainable site development

A consortium of companies comprising Air Liquide, AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam has signed a project development agreement covering initial investments in an advanced waste-to-chemistry facility in Rotterdam. The facility will be the first of its kind in Europe to provide a sustainable alternative solution for non-recyclable wastes, converting waste plastics and other mixed wastes into new raw materials.

Teijin Aramid today announced its intention to increase the production capacity for its Twaron® super fiber by more than 25%. This additional capacity will become available within the next five years.

A MOU has been signed with an as yet unnamed commercial partner and FEED studies have commenced.

New “Polymer Innovation Center” now operational for pilot-plant scale manufacturing of new PAEK polymers. A milestone in Victrex´s ongoing and intensive program of pioneering research and development