Press Releases

The plastics industry has for many years been at the forefront of innovation as the sector has become a lightning rod in the debate over our environment.  But according to Symphony Environmental, a company at the forefront of packaging technology, the plastics sector is leading the charge when it comes to a transformative shift towards sustainability. Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony, said: “This is an industry being driven by huge change and as we head into 2025, we can

Braskem the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced the opening of its Renewable Innovation Center located in Lexington, Mass. Braskem's new 35,000-square-foot innovation center will accelerate innovation in renewable chemicals and materials. Capabilities at the new center will expand Braskem's competencies in biotechnology, catalysis, and process engineering. A particular focu

SLB today announced it has proven its solution for sustainable lithium production at scale at its demonstration plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada, to accelerate responsibly-sourced lithium products to market. The proprietary integrated solution combines SLB’s subsurface expertise with surface engineering of advanced technologies that include direct lithium extraction (DLE). It produces lithium 500 times faster than conventional methods while using only 10 percent of the land. Op

Mitsubishi Chemical Group and the Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers' Association have agreed to conduct a joint PoC demonstration for the Laboratory and Analytical Device Standard (LADS) OPC UA 1, a  communication standard for interoperability between experimental instruments and analytical instruments running on different platforms in laboratories, with the aim of verifying its usability and promoting its wide use in order to realize next-generation laboratories through dig

The Board of Shell plc today announced the pounds sterling and euro equivalent dividend payments in respect of the second quarter 2024 interim dividend, which was announced on August 1, 2024 at US$0.344 per ordinary share. Shareholders have been able to elect to receive their dividends in US dollars, euros or pounds sterling. Holders of ordinary shares who have validly submitted US dollars, euros or pounds sterling currency elections by September 2, 2024 will be entitled to a divide

Paula Diaz Luengo was born in Venezuela and immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 15. The move was exciting, but it posed many challenges, such as learning to navigate college entrance exams and applications. The stakes were even higher when she got to the University of Houston, where she majored in petroleum engineering. As she advanced in her studies, she needed support to network, write a resume, prepare for interviews and land a job. That’s when she

Celanese Corporation a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announced that Bruce Chinn has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Chinn, 67, served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, a global petrochemical joint venture of Chevron U.S.A Inc. and Phillips 66 Company, until March 2024. He will join the Celanese Board effective September 15, 2024, bringing the total number of Board members to

Marathon Petroleum have been at the forefront of providing pro bono legal services in partnership with Legal Aid of Western Ohio (LAWO). As a nonprofit law firm dedicated to serving low-income individuals and families in Northwest and West Central Ohio, LAWO plays a crucial role in ensuring access to legal assistance for those who might otherwise struggle to afford representation. “Pro bono work is essential for attorneys, not only to fulfill our professional responsibilities

NEOVYNTM offers a significantly reduced carbon footprint that is 37% lower than the European industry average for suspension PVC, reduced to 1.3 kg CO2 per kg PVC. Customers using this will be able to lower their scope 3 emissions and develop sustainable downstream products. The first delivery of NEOVYNTM was made to Freefoam to meet the growing demand for lower carbon products from their own customers, and will be used in Freefoam’s new sustainable PVC-UE cladding. PVC-UE ben

Dow announced the introduction of its first bio-circular product* for the flooring industry, an addition to the ENGAGE™ REN Polyolefin Elastomers (POE) product portfolio. The flooring innovation* will be used in the manufacturing of carpet tile backing to provide dimensional stability and adhesion support for fibers. This new bio-circular product* brings the same high performance as the rest of the ENGAGE™ POE portfolio while helping customers meet their sustainability g

Westlake Global Compounds and Westlake Dimex, business units of Westlake Corporation  today announced the launch of “Choose Pink,” a pilot polyvinyl chloride recycling program with Houston Methodist. The program is the first-of-its-kind at a health care system in Houston and will take place at the Outpatient Center (OPC) at Houston Methodist Hospital, the hospital’s flagship location in the Texas Medical Center. The Choose Pink pilot recycling program wil

In May, a SoLoNOx gas turbine in California was the first to produce energy for multiple days using a fuel blend with 60% hydrogen. A SoLoNOx gas turbine is a type of turbine that produces lower nitrogen oxides emissions. “The project has shown that this type of lower-emissions stationary power generation is possible 24/7 with a high-hydrogen blend. That’s a first,” said Troy Haugeberg, Chevron’s project manager for this demonstration. “Reliable st