Specialty chemicals provider Nouryon has completed the capacity expansion for organic peroxides at its manufacturing facility in Ningbo, China.

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. announced that affiliate Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. began operations in late September at additional production facilities for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).

The continued collaboration highlights the commitment of both companies to providing products with a reduced product carbon footprint. 

BASF announced it will end the production of adipic acid, cyclododecanone (CDon) and cyclopentanone (CPon) at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. 

OQ Chemicals announced that due to current market dynamics, the company will increase prices for certain products produced in Bay City, Texas.

Together, Dow and Freepoint Eco-Systems are building a recycling system that converts plastic waste into valuable materials and fosters a circular economy for plastics in North America. 

The force majeure was initially declared due to a disruption at a raw material supplier’s synthesis gas plant at the end of February 2024.

Global chemical company OQ Chemicals has successfully restarted production at its plants in Oberhausen and Marl, Germany. 

The actions enhance the competitive cost position, sustainable footprint, and operational flexibility of the company's Acetyl Chain business.

The ISCC certification system establishes a methodology to validate accounting for the CO₂ capture benefits of the CCU process, as well as tracking of sustainable feedstocks using the mass balance system.