Press Releases

Cabot Corporation today announced it has attained Operation Clean Sweep®  Europe certification at its two masterbatch and compounding facilities in Pepinster and Loncin, Belgium. The company is one of the first black masterbatch manufacturers in Europe to earn this third-party certification. Achieving OCS Europe certification at these facilities is a testament to the company’s unwavering commitment to acting responsibly for the planet by implementing responsible management prac

Borealis is pleased to announce the installation of a semi-commercial demonstration recyclate-based polyolefins compounding line in Beringen, Belgium. Set for construction during 2024, it is expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2025. The state-of-the-art line will use Borealis' proprietary Borcycle™ M technology to transform mechanically recycled post-consumer waste into high-quality rigid polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) materials. Capable of proc

With their luminous colors and rounded edges, the circles, triangles and squares made of ACRYLITE® molding compound are true eye catchers and invite little hands to touch and play with them. And this is precisely the intention, as they are designed to encourage the early development of children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities. They form part of the LiteScout® system, which consists of a light-up magnetic board, transparent tokens and a variety of learning games. Glar

The Chemours Company a global chemistry company, today announced the release of EVOLVE 2030 Version 2.0, the Company’s portfolio sustainability assessment methodology. EVOLVE 2030 helps Chemours evaluate its product offerings and product development pipeline in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The evaluation criteria assist Chemours in demonstrating progress against its 2030 Corporate Responsibility Commitment goal to generate 50% or more of its re

GeoChemicals, an oil and gas chemical manufacturing, sales and service business, today announced its decisive victory in litigation against Midland-based Jacam Catalyst, a subsidiary of Calgary-based CES Energy Solutions (“Jacam”). The case, which was decided by a jury of six unanimous jurors, centered on claims of tortious interference and abuse of process brought by GeoChemicals and co-plaintiff Bill Kainz, based in Dickinson, ND. Abuse of process cases are somewhat ra

EcoCortec ® is pleased to announce that it has closed another plastic recycling loop with the first delivery of plastic waste from its customer Jakob Schober GmbH to Beli Manastir, Croatia. This signals the start of a new recycling partnership between EcoCortec ® and Jakob Schober to recover plastic scrap and incorporate it back into quality finished goods. The initiative comes at a time when Europeans and the world are increasingly looking for ways to be more sustainable. It is a pow

Sumitomo Chemical will participate in the Power Conversion, Intelligent Motion Europe 2024 to be held in Nuremberg, Germany, from Tuesday, June 11 to Thursday, June 13, 2024. This event has been held annually since 1979, and brings together the latest PCIM products and technologies from all over the world. An international conference for experts in the field of power electronics, which deals with technologies for converting, controlling, and supplying electricity, will also be held at the sam

Sealmatic India Ltd a prominent player in the mechanical seal industry, is proud to announce that it has secured the most prestigious order for mechanical seals and supply systems from a key Original Equipment Manufacture Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Pvt Ltd, through Engineers India Ltd for the Mongol Refinery project. Valued at an impressive Rs 15 crores, this order is a significant milestone in Sealmatic's history. The project encompasses the supply of 247 nos of mechanical seals and

Asahi Kasei Medical's U.S. subsidiary Bionova Scientific, a full-service biologics CDMO, has decided to launch a new business line providing services leveraging plasmid DNA, and establish a dedicated facility for this purpose in Texas, the U.S. The bioprocess business of Asahi Kasei Medical is one of the 10 Growth Gears (GG10), businesses to lead the next phase of growth, under the Asahi Kasei Group’s medium-term management plan focused on the theme “Be a Trailblazer

Westlake Chemical Partners today provided the following information regarding 2023 investor tax reporting: As previously noted in the 2023 Investor Tax Reporting Package for our unitholders’ investment in Westlake Chemical Partners, LP, the Partnership will report items of international tax relevance to our partners on Schedule K-3 for tax year 2023. As we disclosed in our quarterly distribution press releases, all of our income is effectively connected with a United States tr

This year’s report focuses on the progress of the medium-term management plan “PASSION 2026,” which started in fiscal 2022. “PASSION 2026” is a plan to realize the long-term vision “Kuraray Vision 2026” and our Sustainability Long-Term Vision. In “PASSION 2026,” the Kuraray Group has identified “Our Challenges,” three initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable growth that the report introduces along with messages from and inter

LyondellBasell and Alujain Corporation today announced completion of the acquisition of a 35% interest in Saudi Arabia–based National Petrochemical Industrial Company by LYB from Alujain. The joint venture is enabled by LYB Spheripol polypropylene (PP) technology and positions LYB to profitably expand its core PP business by gaining access to advantaged feedstocks and additional product marketing volumes. "This investment in NATPET reflects our commitment to gro