Nextchem acquires Ballestra Group for €148.2 million
Maire recently announced that its subsidiary Nextchem has completed the acquisition of the entire sh...
Shandong Zhenbo Chemical invests 470 million yuan in 90,000-ton anhydrous aluminum fluoride co-production project
Shandong Zhenbo Chemical Co., Ltd.'s 90,000-ton anhydrous aluminum fluoride and high-end fluorine-co...
BOC New Zealand builds new 30-tonne-per-day air separation unit in Christchurch
BOC, an industrial gas supplier in New Zealand, has announced the construction of a multi-million Ne...
UAE's TA'ZIZ Signs $28.5 Billion Chemical Development Agreements
TA'ZIZ, a UAE-based company, signed a series of agreements worth a total of $28.5 billion at the "Ma...
CABB and Origin by Ocean Build First Seaweed Refinery in Finland
CABB announced a strategic partnership with Origin by Ocean to build the first seaweed biorefinery i...
PetroChina's High-End Chemical Products Enter European Market via China-Europe Railway Express for the First Time
"Twenty years ago, we were constantly figuring out how to benchmark against imported materials and b...
China Chemical Engineering Participates in the 9th China-Eurasia Expo and Holds Cooperation Talks
On June 25, the 9th China-Eurasia Expo opened in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Stan...
Olin and Huntsman Merge in $12.5 Billion All-Stock Merger of Equals
Huntsman Corporation and Olin have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock me...
Germany's Westlake Vinnolit Acquires 380,000-ton PVC Plant
Westlake Corporation announced that its German subsidiary, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, has ...
China Chemical Engineering Commissions 800,000-ton Sulfuric Acid Project in Kazakhstan
Recently, the commissioning ceremony for the 800,000-ton/year sulfuric acid project in Kazakhstan, j...
Denovia's Chemical Recycling Technology in North America Converts Contaminated Textiles into High-Purity Monomers
The current recycling rate for textile waste is extremely low, with less than 0.5% of post-consumer ...
Covestro Launches EU Project to Advance Continuous Production of Bio-Based Aniline
Covestro has launched the Bio4PURConti project and serves as the coordinator of this EU-funded initi...
German University of Regensburg Team Synthesizes Silicon-Based Compounds of Boron Group Elements
The team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg (Universität Regensburg) successfully...
Synthomer Sells Czech Acrylate Monomers Business to Mutares
Synthomer has announced the sale of its acrylate monomers business in the Czech Republic to Mutares,...
France's Kem One Reaches $802 Million Debt Restructuring Agreement, Expected to Close in October 2026
French PVC and vinyl chloride producer Kem One has reached a debt restructuring agreement with its m...
South Africa's FSA and Others Sign Agreement to Advance ZAR 3 Billion Fluorochemical Project
Fluorochemicals South Africa (FSA), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), and Nelson Mandela Unive...
BASF and Encina Partner to Advance Circular Chemical Manufacturing in the U.S.
Circular chemical producer Encina Development Group LLC (Encina) and BASF have signed a strategic co...
Denmark's Nobian electrified salt plant to start operations in 2026, boosting capacity by 60%
Nobian, headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands, has officially inaugurated a new fully electrifie...
INEOS Delays Restart of Antwerp Phenol Plant in Belgium to After 2027
INEOS has decided to postpone the planned restart of its Doel phenol plant in Antwerp, Belgium, with...
Cambridge University develops artificial leaf that efficiently converts sunlight into fuel for 24 hours
A research team at the University of Cambridge has developed an artificial leaf device that uses a c...
Covestro receives €7 million funding to launch continuous production of bio-based aniline
The Bio4PURConti project, coordinated by Covestro, has officially launched with the goal of developi...
US Westlake completes acquisition of 380,000-ton PVC plant in Germany
Westlake Corp. (headquartered in Houston, USA) has completed the acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride...
Celanese Supplies 50% Bio-Based Ethyl Acetate to Siegwerk in Germany
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Texas, USA) has partnered with ink and coating manufacturer Siegwerk (Siegbu...
460 Million! China's Weifu High-Technology Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park EPC Project Awarded to Affiliate EDRI Eleventh Design & Research Institute Consortium
Recently, Wuxi Weifu High-Technology Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as: Weifu High-Technology) issued ...
South Korea's NOROO Leads Government Initiative to Commercialize Bio-based 3-HP
South Korea's NOROO Holdings has been selected to lead a major government-backed initiative aimed at...
Nuberg EPC Wins EPC Contract for Chlor-Alkali Plant Project in Tanzania
Nuberg EPC has secured the EPC contract for the chlor-alkali project of Msufini Tanzania Ltd. in Tan...
TU Wien Demonstrates New Solar-Driven Ammonia Synthesis Method
Researchers at TU Wien have demonstrated how solar-driven ammonia synthesis can be achieved using su...
China's "Pure Silicon" Breakthrough! Key Material for Silicon-Based Quantum Chips Conquered
On June 15, Chinese scientists achieved a key breakthrough in the field of stable isotope enrichment...
University of Nottingham Catalyst Simultaneously Converts CO₂ and Biowaste with 93% and 95% Efficiency
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a solar-driven catalyst material capable ...
American Chemistry Council Forecasts Only 0.5% Growth in Chemical Production in 2026
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) recently released its latest economic outlook, forecasting that...