The Evonik Personal Care Business Line was created in 2016 when Evonik acquired experts in biotechnological production of plant-based active ingredients, French start-up, Alkion Biopharma SAS. As a result, Evonik now boasts one of the world's leading technologies for plant-based cosmetic active ingredients.

AkzoNobel completed the expansion of a production site in Denmark which supplies essential pharmaceutical grade salt for the healthcare industry. the products are used as an active pharmaceutical ingredient in various applications, including intravenous solutions, insulin and baby food.

The Polyamide Plant II in Tarnów, with its annual capacity of 80 thousand tonnes, will help the Group to rebalance its caprolactam and polyamide 6 production capacities.

New plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, will double BASF’s global specialty zeolites production capacity

Emerald Kalama Chemical completed start-up of its $40 million expansion at the company’s Rotterdam, Netherlands site. The fully operational expansion increases Emerald’s global capabilities, manufacturing flexibility and capacity for Purox® B Benzoic Acid, Kalama® Benzaldehyde and many downstream products, such as Kalama® Hexyl Cinnamic Aldehyde (HCA) and Kalama® Amyl Cinnamic Aldehyde (ACA).

SABIC continues its global expansion with the inauguration of a new polypropylene (PP) pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, and the announcement of a new investment in a state-of-the-art PP extrusion facility to be built at the same location.

Tessenderlo Group announced that its new liquid fertilizer plant in Rouen, France, has successfully started the production of Thio-Sul® and has already shipped its first products to its customers. The liquid fertilizer Thio-Sul® (ammonium thiosulfate/ATS) is used for broad-acre crops as well as arboricultural and vegetable crop cultivation.