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China agrochemical industry weekly

• Fluopicolide
• Mefentrifluconazole
• Flumetnicam

The 2nd Western China Plant Protection Information Exchange & Pesticide and Sprayer Facilities Fair (2024) will be held in Chengdu in September

• Pesticide
• agrochemical
• Fair

Clariant, a specialty chemicals company focused on sustainability, announced that it has won a contract to supply CATOFIN catalysts to the first paraffin dehydrogenation plant of Qingyang Tongxin Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd.

• Clariant
• CATOFIN catalysts
• Qingyang Tongxin
• Lummus

Mitsubishi Chemical Group has decided to build a new plant at its Kyushu Fukuoka Plant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, to produce Lithomax’s ArF (argon fluoride) photoresist and Lithomax’s EUV (extreme ultraviolet) photoresist.

• Mitsubishi chemical

Following the recent acquisition of JinYoung Bio, a Korean supplier of professional cosmetic ingredients, Syensqo has launched the Cerafy range of biomimetic natural ceramides for skin care and hair care.

• Syensqo
• Cerafy

Evonik is expanding its TEGO Therm product range with heat- and fire-resistant coatings for electric vehicle (EV) battery casings and covers.

• Evonik
• TEGO Therm

In this article, we will mainly introduce the differences between calcium gluconate vs calcium carbonate in detail.

• calcium gluconate vs calcium carbonate

Recently, at the 2024 Brazil International Agricultural Show, Bayer announced the launch of a new fungicide Attila, the active ingredient is Fluopicolide, which has an effective control effect of white mildew.

• Bayer
• Fluopicolide
• agriculture

Recently, Ningxia Gerui’s 1000t/a 2,4-D sodium salt project completion environmental acceptance in the relevant website publicity.

• Terbutryn
• Prometryn
• Propanil

As one of the first signatories to the Convention instrument, China has resolutely declared war on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pollution, vigorously promoted POPs control actions, effectively reduced POPs environmental emissions

• POPs
• pesticides
• agrochemical

AkzoNobel has opened the world’s first purpose-built wind turbine blade testing facility at its Felling site in the UK, capable of simulating speeds at half the speed of sound.

• AkzoNobel

Albéa Cosmetics & Fragrance has collaborated with Christian Dior to create solid perfume sticks for its fragrances Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet and Miss Dior Eau de Parfum.

• Albéa Cosmetics & Fragrance
• Christian Dior

INEOS Styrolution, a leading global supplier of styrenics materials, has announced the decision to permanently close its styrene monomer production facility in Sarnia, Ontario by June 2026.

• INEOS Styrolution

Sumitomo Corporation has signed a share purchase agreement and a shareholders' agreement to invest in Epsilon Composite SAS. The investment was completed after obtaining the necessary approvals from the authorities.

• Sumitomo
• Epsilon Composite

Recently, the signing ceremony of the "Rainbow & Hebang Strategic Cooperation Agreement" was held in the Beijing office of Hebang Biology.

• Rainbow
• Hebang
• agrochemical

On June 12, 2024, BASF announced the launch in China of a new paddy fungicide, 400g/L Mefentrifluconazole. This fungicidei is the latest IPA triazole fungicide registered on paddy in China in the past 20 years,

• BASF
• Mefentrifluconazole
• triazole

Recently, Syngenta's nicotinamide insecticide Flumetnicam has been provisially approved by ISO and will be formally approved after the six-month publicity period.

• Syngenta
• Flumetnicam
• nicotinamide

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and BASF announce the launch of the first electrical safety product with components made of biomass-balanced plastics.

• Siemens
• BASF

Boston-based private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners LLC announced the acquisition of Elida Beauty from Unilever.

• Yellow Wood Partners
• Elida Beauty
• Unilever

Borealis has announced that it will install a semi-commercial demonstration recycled-based polyolefin (rPO) compounding line in Beringen, Belgium.

• Borealis