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Verde Bioresin Gears up for Biodegradable Polyethylene Production

Renewables-based biodegradable plastics developer Verde Bioresin is a step closer to NASDAQ listing via a special purpose acquisition...

Braskem's New Bio-Ethylene Capacity Now Onstream

In June this year, Braskem completed a 30% increase in production capacity of its bio-based ethylene plant, located in the Petrochemical...

Mitsui Chemicals' Carbon Neutral Vision for Osaka

Methane is currently used to fuel crackers that pyrolyze naphtha at temperatures in the region of 850°C. Under Mitsui Chemicals' vision,...

Citroniq Opts for Lummus Tech for Green PP Project

Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Citroniq Chemicals, a world-scale...

The Leaders and Laggards in the Quest to Reach a Circular Economy

As the world continues to grapple with its plastic waste crisis, BloombergNEF’s annual Circular Economy Ranking reveals the companies...

Braskem Taps Nexus Circular for Chemically-recycled Feedstocks

Nexus Circular and Braskem have signed a 10-year definitive commercial agreement for the supply of circular feedstocks from a new...

Mitsui Chemicals to Build New Tafmer POE Plant in Singapore

Back in the day, when the main market for polyolefin elastomers (POEs) was impact modification of polypropylene automotive compounds,...

MOST A&I India PP Report Unveils Significant Opportunities for Market Penetration

Our latest MOST A&I (Market-Oriented Strategic Trade Analysis and Intelligence) report once again leverages machine learning augmented by...

Sumitomo exits caprolactam business as it eyes more profitable, sustainable businesses

Sumitomo Chemical’s April 15 announcement that it will be exiting the caprolactam business, closing down the 85,000-tonnes/year polyamide...

Plastics is the new coal? Really?

An interesting report from Beyond Plastics appeared on our computer screens recently espousing plastics as the new coal in terms of...

Korea is really going green

The spate of green-tinged announcements from South Korea's petrochemical sector continues. Following on from its rebranding, SK Geo...

AI and ML set to optimize plant operational efficiencies

#bigdataanalytics and #AI technologies are set to play key enabling roles in process industries through optimizing systems and improving...