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Huntsman expands distribution network into Central/Eastern Europe with WOBATEK partnership
Global chemical company Huntsman, one of the leading providers of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomers, has expanded its distribution relationship with WOBATEK Kunststoffvertriebs GmbH, a specialist provider of engineering plastics for industrial applications in Central and Eastern Europe.
BASF starts various petrochemical plants at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China
BASF has reached two significant milestones at its Zhanjiang Verbund site: the successful start-up of the butyl acrylate plant and the mechanical completion of the steam cracker and all integrated petrochemical plants.
BASF Intermediates to produce amines at the Geismar site using 100% renewable electricity
BASF’s Intermediates division has announced that its standard grade amine portfolio will soon be produced by 100% renewable electricity credited to the Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site.
Shell Polymers, ISOFlex collaborate to produce ISCC PLUS certified circular polyethylene packaging
Shell Polymers and ISOFlex, a division of Sigma Plastics Group, have entered a commercial collaboration that enables the use of ISCC PLUS certified circular polyethylene for food-grade flexible packaging.
Coolbrook's pilot plant successfully cracks 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil
Coolbrook has achieved a major breakthrough in circular plastics and materials by successfully cracking 100% plastic-waste-derived pyrolysis oil at its large-scale pilot facility using the RotoDynamic Reactor™ technology.
MOL Petrochemicals conducts first circular feedstock test at its Tiszaújváros site in Hungary
MOL Group has achieved a significant milestone in its SHAPE TOMORROW Strategy by successfully completing its first ISCC PLUS-certified production run using circular feedstock at its MOL Petrochemicals site in Tiszaújváros, Hungary.
- Consortium launches study to create a consolidated hub for recycled plastics 5/22
- Eni strengthens its global LNG strategy with long-term supply agreements in Indonesia 5/22
- Breakthrough shows how electricity could replace heat to turn CO₂ into useful chemicals 5/22
- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22
