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Covestro Expands its Portfolio

Covestro has expanded the reach of its product portfolio with the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) PLUS certification of its production site in Baytown, Texas. Covestro says it is the first manufacturer of polyurethane and polycarbonate raw materials to receive this certification in the United States. Read More…

Nouryon Begins Full-Scale Production at New Plant

Nouryon announced it has started full-scale production at its new Expancel® expandable microspheres plant in Green Bay, Wisc. The new plant will serve specialty additives customers in North America in the packaging, construction, mining and automotive industries, as well as complement the company’s existing full-scale plant in Sundsvall, Sweden, and product expansion facilities in China and Brazil. Read More…

Dow and Evonik Announce Pilot Plant in Germany

Dow and Evonik have announced the start-up and operation of a hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol pilot plant at Evonik’s site in Hanau, Germany. Collaboratively developed by Dow-- — a producer of propylene glycol —and hydrogen peroxide manufacturer Evonik, the plant uses the HYPROSYN® method to enable the direct synthesis of propylene glycol from hydrogen peroxide and propylene. Read More…