PMMA RECYCLING

Quartet of firms combine to launch Europe-wide recycling initiative / Toll manufacturing agreement with Röhm to produce rMMA in Italy

NEXTCHEM

Green tech provider increases stake in two compatriot firms

TOTALENERGIES CORBION

Franco-Dutch JV cancels major European PLA project / Production continues in Asia

NEXTCHEM

Italian group buys 51% stake in plastics recycler MyRemono

MAIRE TECNIMONT

Italian plant manufacturer acquires competitor Conser / Entry into biopolymer sector

QATAR

QatarEnergy, Chevron Phillips award contracts for giant Qatari cracker / Partners raise target capacity

NEXTCHEM

UAE plant to reprocess, upcycle polymers / MoU with Suez for waste-to-chemicals projects

NEXTCHEM

EU grant for waste-to-hydrogen plant / Facility said to be world first

NEXTCHEM

FEED contract to design polyolefins recycling plant in Europe

NEXTCHEM

Demo plant for chemical recycling of textile waste / Capacity to process 1,000 t/y

MAIRE TECNIMONT

Construction of 200,000 t/y PP plant for Indian Oil / Over 1m t/y in preparation on subcontinent

MAIRE TECNIMONT

Biodegradable resin plant to be developed in Tatarstan / Contract to build 100,000 t/y PLA facility for Total Corbion PLA

NEXTCHEM

New unit for chemical recovery of non-recyclable plastics / Recycling projects in Italy and India

ENI / NEXTCHEM

Chemical recycling units at three Italian sites / Versalis and Corepla widen focus

CHEMONE

Energy group plans aromatics complex in Malaysia / Major volumes of paraxylene and benzene for the Chinese market

BOREALIS

PDH plant in Belgium to be engineered and built by Italy's Maire Tecnimont group / Online in mid-2022

MAIRE TECNIMONT

Engineering group invests in plastics recycling plant in Italy / Plant can be replicated for customers

SOCAR

Azerbaijan's first PP plant opened / Construction ending on HDPE plant / Majority of output targeted to Europe and Turkey

PETRONAS

Engineering contract awarded for Malaysia HDPE project / Completion expected in Q3 2019

ORPIC

Contractors for Liwa Plastics Industries Complex will have to meet “Omanisation level” / Work on integrated polyolefin hub on the Gulf of Oman proceeding apace / Commissioning delayed to 2020