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Germany-based Siemens Energy and chemical company Linde Engineering have formed a strategic partnership to jointly enhance the sustainability and performance of petrochemical facilities.
Finnish firm Neste and Korean chemical company LG Chem have formed a strategic collaboration to develop the biopolymers and biochemicals market globally.
Japanese firm Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has decided to permanently stop methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer and methacrylic acid (MAA) production at its Beaumont plant in the US state of Texas.
Aditya Birla Group’s Grasim Industries has signed a definitive agreement with Ohio-based specialty chemical company Lubrizol Advanced Materials to manufacture and supply chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) resin in India.
Integrated oil and gas company OMV has completed a transaction with Abu Dhabi-based strategic investment company Mubadala to acquire an additional 39% stake in global chemical company Borealis.
Chemical and speciality materials company Celanese has announced that its subsidiary Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical recently extended the long-term contract with Nanjing Dragon Crown Liquid Chemical Terminal.
Global chemical and specialty materials company Celanese has announced ‘addition of a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene production line (UHMW-PE)’ at its Bishop manufacturing complex in Texas, US.
Lummus Technology’s Novolen business has secured a contract from Hengyi Industries for a large-scale polypropylene unit in Brunei.
Austrian chemical company Borealis has delivered the first consignment of 1,000t of renewable phenol to Covestro.
Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company Shell and National Environment Agency (NEA) have partnered to jointly explore the feasibility of 'chemically recycling plastic waste' in Singapore.
