At the Interbattery 2025 event in Seoul, South Korea, LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will be the first Korean company to begin mass production of precursor-free cathode materials, enhancing its presence in the battery materials market. LG…
Sapphire Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of energy recovery systems for natural gas applications, announced a strategic partnership with Honeywell UOP LLC. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in advancing clean-energy solutions within the refining and petrochemical industries, as the two…
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and DOMO Chemicals (Leuna, Germany) announced a significant milestone in their joint effort to promote sustainable practices in the electrical industry. DOMO Chemicals has successfully developed and validated a new, high-performance TECHNYL® 4EARTH® polyamide 6 (PA6) material to…
Unioil Petroleum Phils., Inc. (Manila, Philippines), one of the largest petroleum players in the Philippines, has announced a pair of major strategic investments from Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) supporting continued growth within The Philippines and…
Innospec Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it is expanding production capacity for its proprietary Drag Reducing Agent (DRA) technologies at its plant in Pleasanton, TX. Innospec’s DRAs provide multiple benefits to pipeline operators including increased throughput, lower operating costs and…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has opened the Toray Taiwan Technical Center. The new facility will reinforce R&D in advanced semiconductor technologies and materials and provide technical services in the Taiwan market, which is becoming increasingly important in…
Wastefront AS (Oslo, Norway) announced that it has officially commenced construction on its groundbreaking £100 million tire-to-fuel facility at the Port of Sunderland. The project marks a significant step in the U.K.’s push for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, while…
With the mechanical completion of new production lines at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Park in Thailand, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has further increased its global capacity for polycarbonate (PC) specialty films. The investment is in the higher double-digit million…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) P.J.S.C. and OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) have agreed to terms of a binding Framework Agreement regarding the proposed combination of shareholdings in joint venture Borouge plc and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria). ADNOC has…
Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced the successful completion of an ambitious recycling initiative. The results of comprehensive trials have proven that multilayer food packaging structures with Ixan polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) can effectively be recycled into valuable feedstock for other applications…