Year 2024
September 2024
31 Jul 2024
30 July 2024 – UPM, a leading renewable biomaterials supplier, has unveiled the latest findings from a highly targeted survey of some of the world’s leading packaging designers. The survey, conducted in collaboration with the Pentawards, has revealed unique insights into sustainable packaging design, including some of the key challenges faced by designers, with UPM highlighting how these can be overcome. The ....
29 Jul 2024
25 July 2024 – Borouge in a consortium with ADNOC and Borealis, announced the signing of a project collaboration agreement with Wanhua Chemical Group, a leading Chinese chemical company, together with Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a subsidiary controlled by Wanhua. This agreement is for a feasibility study to develop a 1.6 million tons per year specialty state-of-the-art polyolefin complex in China. If realiz....
29 Jul 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 July 2024 – Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Enilive S.p.A, and Euglena Co., Ltd. have reached the final investment decision to develop a biorefinery which will be located within PETRONAS’ Pengerang Integrated Complex, Johor, Malaysia. The three companies will establish a joint venture company in Malaysia to construct and operate the biorefinery, with PETRONAS Mobility Lestari Sdn Bhd (PMLSB....
20 Jul 2024
16 July 2024 – Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”) have agreed to establish a strategic partnership focusing on developing value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for and with Japanese brands. The partners are targeting brands in industries such as food and beverage, apparel, and consumer electronics. Through the partnership, Neste and MC aim to accelerate their efforts to build defossilized s....
20 Jul 2024
17 July 2024 – China is experiencing a strong demand for water packaged in large bottles, and this format is expected to witness a 5.9 per cent compound annual growth rate[1]. To help deliver the expansion in production needed to meet this consumer trend for large format water,  China Resources C’estbon Beverage Co. Ltd (C’estbon Beverage), China’s top two bottled water brand, has chosen Sidel’....
15 Jul 2024
HOUSTON, 15 July 2024 – Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and MOL Group, the leading integrated Central Eastern European oil and gas corporation, announced the commencement of the design phase for the first Lummus Advanced Waste Plastic Recycling unit. The first plant, which will be located at MOL Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. in Tiszaújváro, Hungary, wi....