German chemical industry news

• Successful start of BASF's prototype metal refinery for battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany
• Pantherna and WACKER Strengthen Collaboration for mRNA Biopharmaceutical Development and Production in Halle, Germany
• Inauguration ceremony for new BASF fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen, Germany
• Trinseo Announces Possible Closure of Virgin Polycarbonate Manufacturing Facility in Stade, Germany
• Traceless, a bioeconomy startup, reveals location for production plant
• BP plans to reposition Gelsenkirchen, Germany refinery for the future with increased production of lower-emission fuels
• PLAYMOBIL chooses plant-based styrenics material from INEOS styrolution for innovative eco-friendly toys
• Demonstration of efficient green methanol process at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany container plant
• Daiichi Sankyo invests approximately one billion euros in expanding its site into an international innovation center in Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria, Germany
• Air Liquide invests in improving efficiency and reducing CO₂ emissions at its industrial site in Stade, Germany
• Lhyfe constructing a green hydrogen plant in Brake, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Shell's investment in repurposing Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Wesseling, Germany.
• Long-term contract for the supply of renewable electricity in Germany signed by Lhyfe and EDP Renewables
• Germany's TotalEnergies Takes Over Kyon Energy, a Prominent Battery Storage Developer in Germany
• Braskem and Shell collaborate to manufacture circular polypropylene using mixed plastic waste
• Evonik plans to expand production capacities for hydroxyl-terminated polybutadienes at its Marl facility in Germany.
• BASF and Stena Recycling collaborate on recycling electric vehicle batteries in Europe: Stena to pre-treat black mass in Halmstad, Sweden, while BASF refines and recycles it in Schwarzheide, Germany.
• Commission approves German State aid measure of €902 million to support Northvolt in building battery production plant in Heide, Germany.
• Europe's Largest Cumene Facility Commences Operations at INEOS Phenol, Significantly Reducing CO2 Emissions in Marl, Germany
• EU Innovation Fund Grant awarded to LyondellBasell Advanced Recycling Project in Wesseling, Germany
• BASF granted funding approval for 54-megawatt water electrolysis plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, producing CO2-free hydrogen
• LyondellBasell Plans to Construct Advanced Recycling Plant in Wesseling, Germany
• Sandoz opens new antibiotic production plant in Austria and biosimilar development center in Germany
• OMV and Interzero form partnership to construct and manage Europe's biggest chemical recycling sorting facility in Walldürn, Germany.
• TotalEnergies Continues Integrated Power Strategy with Acquisition of Quadra Energy, a Renewable Energy Aggregator
• Lhyfe constructs the biggest commercial green hydrogen production facility, enabling widespread access to green hydrogen in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• BASF plans construction of new fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen, Germany
• BASF transfers Neopolen® business to Knauf Industries
• Collaboration between DHL Group, HH2E, and Sasol to Drive Germany's Leadership in Decarbonized Aviation