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BASF has confirmed that the company is in exploratory talks with Evonik and RAG-Stiftung, Evonik’s largest shareholder, regarding a potential takeover of Evonik.

INEOS recently announced that it is idling all three of its world-scale chemical plants in Hull, UK, as energy prices hit twelve times those in America.

From lightweight substrates to digital development tools, multiple trends are changing how adhesives and sealants are formulated and manufactured.

Citing supply and demand, sustained increases in raw material and energy costs, and supply chain costs, Oxea announced that it will increase prices for certain oxo intermediates.

Evonik plans to close two smaller sites in Germany by next year.

A collaboration administered through the Agile BioFoundry accelerates strain engineering in ZymoChem’s carbon-conserving pathway to bio-based nylon.

François Desné is joining Arkema as senior vice president, high performance polymers and fluorogases, and a member of the group’s executive committee.

The company has been notified that previously paused work under a $5 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program is officially back on.

Perstorp recently announced price increases for its polyols, oxo chemicals and plasticizers.

Arkema has secured new tank storage capacity of 3,000 m³ for glacial acrylic acid (GAA) at the Ulsan HDOT terminal in Korea.