CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Calculating product carbon footprint / TfS initiative publishes industry guidelines / BASF and Lanxess spotlight progress at K 2022

K 2022

70 years of K / Energy crisis, circular economy and climate protection leading topics / More than 3,000 exhibitors from 60 countries / German firms to cover over one-third of floor space

LANXESS / ADVENT

Merger of polymer producers to result in three operating divisions / Headquarters planned near Düsseldorf, Germany

PLASTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Mass balance accounting takes hold as industry standard / More companies achieve Plus status / Software developments continue

LANXESS

Maclean named CEO of JV with Advent

LANXESS

Scope 3 climate neutrality by 2050 / Higher earnings expected this year

DSM

US output boost for sustainable engineering compounds

AVIENT

Takeover of DSM unit complete / Deal features Dyneema-brand products

DSM

H1 sales advance 17% based solely on health, nutrition & bioscience businesses / Plastics-related activities held as Discontinued Operations showed H1 sales grow 18%

LANXESS

CEO Zachert warns of German deindustrialisation / JV with Advent for polyamides in e-mobility

LANXESS

Pocan PBT materials for connector applications unveiled / Introduction of PU systems

ADVENT

JV for engineering polymers from DSM, Lanxess / German resin maker to sell PU division

DSM

OMV bids for polyamide ops / At least one other firm seeking to buy unit

LANXESS

Official inauguration of PA, PBT compounding in Germany / EUR 50 mn investment

AVIENT

Purchase of DSM fibre division Dyneema / CEO Patterson flirts with sale of the distribution ops

LANXESS

Launch of Tepex range of composites / Alternative to thermoset sheet moulding compounds

LANXESS

Global price hikes for inorganic pigments

LANXESS

2021 core profit rises in line with guidance / Higher energy, logistics costs hit earnings / Significant growth expected in 2022 / Impact of war in Ukraine undetermined

LANXESS

Significant price hike for PU precursor hexanediol

SINGAPORE

Country of choice for various global producers / Plastics industry moves towards a circular economy / Summary by Chinaplas organiser Adsale

DSM

Materials division, divestments boost 2021 results

LANXESS

Speciality chemicals group wants to buy DSM's plastics division: German newspaper / Report says cooperation with financial investor Advent / Dupont's PA sale plans also entering critical phase

SHORT Q&A

Industry expert Dimitrios Koranis on PA divestment plans of DuPont, Lanxess, others

UPDATE - EXXONMOBIL

Explosion at US refinery in Baytown / Four injured / Impact on polymer production still unclear

ENGINEERING PLASTICS

Massive price hikes from BASF, Ems, DuPont, Lanxess