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Covestro Launches Energy Efficiency Project in Dormagen, Germany

Covestro plans to reduce its energy consumption in Germany with the investment of a new steam compressor at its Dormagen site. The compressor is the company’s largest energy efficiency project to date and will save a low three-digit GWh volume of energy and more than 40,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Read More…

Biesterfeld Acquires Majority Stake in OSP

Biesterfeld, an international distribution and service company in the field of polymers, rubber, specialty chemicals and ingredients, has acquired a majority stake in South Korean company OSP, a distributor of specialty chemicals and polymers for industrial applications. Read More…

Westlake Epoxy’s Deer Park, Texas, Site Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification

Westlake Corporation announced that its Westlake Epoxy plant in Deer Park, Texas has received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS. The certification covers liquid epoxy resins(LER), solid epoxy resins, and liquid epoxy blends that combine LER with reactive modifiers, serving key end-use segments such as industrial coatings, construction, wind energy, composites, automotive and electronics. Existing and new customers will have access to these ISCC+ mass balance-attributed content of certified renewable feedstock. Read More…