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Arkema expands its Orgasol® specialty polyamide powders capacity in France
Arkema has successfully brought on stream a new production line for ultra-high performance polyamide 12 powders at the Mont plant in France. The Group thus increases its global capacity by over 50%...
BASF invests in Quantafuel to jointly drive chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste
BASF SE (“BASF”) is to invest €20 million into Quantafuel, a specialist for pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and purification of pyrolysis oil, headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Borealis steps up its commitment to plastics recycling with an investment at the Ecoplast location
Borealis and Ecoplast open a new and highly advanced plastics recycling plant in Austria. A milestone in Borealis’ involvement in the circular economy: the investment increases production capacity ...
BASF to expand integrated ethylene oxide and derivatives complex at its Verbund site in Antwerp
Investment exceeds €500 million and adds 400,000 metric tons per year of production capacity. Supporting customers’ growing demand for alkoxylates in the home and personal care industries as well ...
MOL and thyssenkrupp lay foundation stone for new polyol complex in Hungary
Polyol complex designed and built by thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions expected to be commissioned in 2021. Engineering successfully completed, construction beginning on schedule. With a budget of ...
BASF expands Production Capacity for Neopentylglycol
Capacity increases worldwide to 215,000 metric tons per year. Neopentylglycol-expansion at Nanjing site will start in 2020. Market position further expanded
Eni opens its bio-refinery in Gela
Launched in August 2019, the plant has a processing capacity of up to 750,000 tonnes a year and will be able to treat increasing quantities of used vegetable oil, animal fat, algae and by-products ...