Chemolysis and pyrolysis are promising processes for cases in which mechanical recycling is not effective—an introduction and examples from Covestro

Chemical Recycling – A Key Technology for the Circular Economy

Ehud Keinan Becomes New IUPAC President
Ehud Keinan, Israel, will serve as IUPAC President in 2024 an 2025, succeeding Javier García-Martínez, Spain

Martin Brudermüller’s Successor as CEO of BASF
Markus Kamieth will succeed Martin Brudermüller in April 2024, when Brudermüller's contract expires; Katja Scharpwinkel will succeed Melanie Maas-Brunner in the BASF board

Solvay Separated into Two Independent Entities
Syensqo will focus on specialty materials, Solvay on commodities

INEOS To Acquire LyondellBasell’s EO&D Business for $700M
LyondellBasell to sell Ethylene Oxide & Derivatives Business and production facility to INEOS

7 Chemical Giants Launch Global Impact Coalition (GIC)
First concrete project of CEO-led Net-Zero chemical industry initiative aims to speed up the adoption of chemical and mechanical recycling methods for plastics

Merck’s New Digital Reference Materials Platform for Analytical Testing
ChemisTwin™ can automatically analyze sample purity, compound identification and degradation through calibrated, algorithm-based digital references

Sabic Introduces Eco-friendly LNP Resin
A new range of LNP copolymer resins with up to 75 % certified post-consumer recycled content introduced

BASF Announces Fermentation Plant in Ludwigshafen
Investment in the high double-digit million euro range for biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products

BASF’s Large-Scale MOF Production
First company to produce MOFs on a large commercial scale for carbon capture