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.

“We newly constructed a plant of AA which is the main raw material for SAP, although we had produced only SAP at NSE before. Now we are able to produce AA and SAP consistently here, and this vertical integration is one of our big advantages,” said Yujiro Goto, the president of Nippon Shokubai.

INOVYN announced its intention to increase production of general purpose PVC at its Jemeppe Site, Belgium.

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.

Gasum Ltd has awarded Pöyry with the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services assignment for Topinoja biogas plant expansion project in Turku, Finland. The work will be carried out between May 2018 and June 2019.

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

The site is increasing Hexcel’s global carbon fiber production capacity. Hexcel invested 200 million Euros in the plant that will generate 120 direct and 250 indirect jobs.

Modernizing production of PBR rubber in Triunfo, Brazil, and NBR rubber in La Wantzenau, France. Investments of EUR mid double-digit million will be completed in 2020. Enhancing the company’s global market position. Strengthening its position for key rubber grades

Growth and flexibility for MCA and derivatives: CABB invests double-digit million euros

This completed expansion follows the strong growth in our can and coil coatings segment in recent years, with growth driven by the market shift from epoxy-based packaging coatings toward new more sustainable bisphenol (BPA)-free solutions.

MOL is investing a total of around 1.2 billion euros in the new plant complex. The complex with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons of polyether polyol is scheduled to go into operation in 2021. It will make MOL the only integrated producer of polyether polyols in Central and Eastern Europe.

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

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.

The new facility is an excellent example of the reindustrialization of an Italian production plant

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

The Group subsidiary PCC MCA produces ultra-pure monochloroacetic acid (MCA) with an annual capacity of 42,000 metric tons, destined to increase to 100,000 metric tons. PCC MCA has hence already established a good position in its European home market with a market share of around 20%. The PCC MCA is one of only three companies worldwide with its own technology for the production of truly top-quality MCA.

The plant will build upon the state-of-the-art and proprietary production technologies developed to meet the highest automotive performance and quality standards. The first phase of this investment is included in the € 660 million programme announced earlier this year and is due to start deliveries in late 2020.

INEDITENEPTUNE, an InKemia business group company, from Spain, contracted with aicep Global Parques setting up a biorefinery to produce Class A Advanced Biodiesel at ZILS.

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.

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.

WACKER Biosolution, has begun producing fermentation-generated cystine at its new site in León, Spain. The division has extensively modernized part of the 800 m³ fermentation capacity. In addition, it has built a production line for cystine. Capital spending for the site totals some €30 million.

The chemical, basic and energetic industries in Huelva employed 9,558 workers between direct, indirect and induced. The president of “Junta de Andalucía”, Susana Díaz, took part into the presentation of the AIQBE 2017 Memories, in FOE’s (Federación Onubense de Empresarios) building. AIQBE associates invested 253.4 million € in 2017, a 33.6% increase over the previous year.

AkzoNobel has broken ground for a revolutionary demonstration plant to showcase a sustainable technology platform for producing ethylene amines and their derivatives from ethylene oxide. Located Stenungsund, Sweden,

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.

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

Avantium N.V. has started construction of a new demonstration plant that will help advance the production of bio-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) made directly from renewable sugars.

The new company will be Mitsui Chemicals’ first European production base for polypropylene (PP) compounds in response to growing global demand for automotive-use PP, it is scheduled to start operations in June 2020.

Together with the existing plant in Havre De Grace, United States, this investment broadens Solvay’s footprint and strengthens its leadership position in this growing and demanding global market.

INEOS O&P UK has issued the contract to build an extension to the current nine furnaces with the addition of a tenth furnace. The project is made possible because of US ethane, which has been fundamental in turning around the fortunes of the site.