Vynova Alkoxides GmbH is beginning the construction of a new alcoholates plant at Chemiepark Lülsdorf GmbH in Lülsdorf, Germany. An external engineering company has been contracted to complete the basic design by the summer.
With an investment of approximately €130 million, the Alpha Bio facility will start production in late 2027, converting up to 44,000 MT of plant sugars to bioproducts, including high-performance biopolymers for use in various applications, such as home and personal care and industrial solutions.
For about eight months, DuPont had been planning to spin off into two divisions, but in late January decided to only create one spinoff company, focusing on creating electronics materials and solutions. On Monday, March 17, the company announced the leaders who will take over the spinoff as chief executive and chairman of the board of directors for the new company. Here are the details.
The milestone was years in the making. The Austria-based plastic producer was one of the first companies to sign the OCS pledge when it was introduced to Europe on a voluntary basis in 2014. The harmonised European certification scheme has been operational since October 2023. It has created harmonised processes and procedures for controlling and documenting pellet loss across the entire plastics supply chain.
LyondellBasell and Covestro have decided to permanently close the Propylene Oxide Styrene and Monomer (POSM) production unit at the Maasvlakte site in the Netherlands. This decision is driven by the continued pressure on Maasvlakte’s profitability due to global overcapacities, a strong increase of imports from Asia and high costs of European production.
