LyondellBasell and Sinopec Sign MoU to form joint venture to manufacture propylene glycol ether in China Shanghai, Nov 30, 2021 -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sinopec to…

Volume holographic optical elements in car Innovative windshield displays on the way to volume production Covestro and Ceres Holographics strengthen their partnership Covestro and Ceres Holographics are expanding their collaboration to…

VDMA India Symposium on Electric Mobility - Disrupting Technology trends in the Transportation Industry Indian automotive industry is the fifth largest in the world and is slated to be the third largest by 2030. Catering to this vast…

Nissei ASB Machine and Shibaura Machine Enter into Memorandum of Understanding for Business Partnership   Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. and Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd. have entered into a memorandum of understanding for a business partnership…

Selig Group Announces Acquisition of MGJ   Selig Group (“Selig”), owned by CC Industries (“CCI”), announced today that it has acquired Manufacture Générale de Joints (“MGJ”). Founded in 1947 and headquartered near Lyon, France, MGJ is a…

Ascend to expand compound production to Latin America HOUSTON – December 8, 2021 – Ascend Performance Materials has announced plans to purchase a compounding facility in San Jose Iturbide, Mexico, growing its global footprint and expanding…

ARCHROMA UNDERPINS PRESENCE IN SWITZERLAND WITH NEW BASEL REGION HEADQUARTERS AND A DEDICATED ‘TECH HUB’ Reinach, Switzerland, 9 December 2021 - Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced…

Umicore and Volkswagen AG to create European EV battery materials Joint Venture  Umicore and Volkswagen AG plan to establish a joint venture to build up precursor and cathode material production capacities in Europe to supply Volkswagen…

GLOBAL PLASTIC PACKAGING MANUFACTURER SELECTS KANSAS CITY FOR NEW FACILITY The ALPLA Group, a global packaging solutions manufacturer and recycling specialist headquartered in Hard, Austria, announced that it has selected the Kansas City…

Perstorp recruits Patrice Pinsard as EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation Malmö October 18, 2021 - Perstorp is excited to announce that Patrice Pinsard has been appointed EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation as of October 18,…

Milliken & Company Acquires Encapsys, LLC Spartanburg, S.C. – Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Encapsys, LLC…

LANXESS' High Performance Materials business unit to become legally independent New structure for best possible growth opportunities in the high-performance plastics business Mumbai, November 16, 2021 – Specialty chemicals company LANXESS…

ASTM International Acquires Wohlers Associates   Global standards organization ASTM International has acquired Wohlers Associates, a global intelligence leader in the additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing industry. The announcement…

KHALED BIN MOHAMED BIN ZAYED WITNESSES SIGNING OF USD 6.2 BILLION STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ADNOC AND BOREALIS TO EXPAND BOROUGE FACILITY ADNOC and Borealis confirm final investment agreement to build Borouge 4 in Ruwais, United Arab…

ALPLA puts HDPE recycling plant in Mexico into operation Increase in annual capacity to 30,000 tonnes of rHDPE from mid 2022 Hard, 11 November 2021 – The ALPLA Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, has opened a new…