Company Dynamic

Recently, Merck Group launched RonaCare® Balmance (INCI: maltodextrin, cornflower extract), a natural active ingredient that can quickly restore the harmonious state of the skin, and can provide short-term relief and long-term soothing effects.

• skin immune
• active ingredients
• cornflower extract

Recently, Lotte Chemical of South Korea announced that it has signed an agreement with Samsung Engineering to promote carbon neutrality and expand its environmental protection business.

• Lotte chemical
• carbon neutral

Recently, Eastman announced that the company will invest in upgrading its interlayer film extrusion line in Massachusetts, USA, and expand the production capacity of the interlayer film business.

• Eastman
• interlayer film
• PVB

Recently, the leading titanium dioxide company Lomon Baili issued a price adjustment letter stating that starting from today (11th), the sales price of various types of titanium dioxide will be increased by 1,000 CNY/ton for domestic customers and 150

• Titanium Dioxide
• epoxy
• bisphenol A

At present, it is difficult for the PE industry chain to transmit high costs downstream, and plastic futures prices are stagnating. Even if there are more overhauls in recent production companies, plastic futures are difficult to change.

• factory overhaul
• Plastics

At 16:37 on April 9, a fire broke out in the aromatics plant of Yangzi Petrochemical. The Nanjing Fire Command Center immediately activated the chemical fire disposal plan, and mobilized fire rescue forces to the scene as soon as possible.

• Yangzi Petrochemical
• aromatics plant
• PTA

According to foreign media reports, a chemical spill occurred at a factory owned by South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix, which caused three workers to be injured.

• SK Hynix
• Hydrofluoric Acid

Market supply and demand are stable, and downstream replenishment is on demand, and the overall market is mainly stable.

• Wanhua chemical
• propylene oxide
• n-butanol

According to a report from Bloomberg News in Houston, Exxon Mobil expects its first quarter earnings to decrease by $800 million, mainly due to extremely cold weather in Texas in March.

• ExxonMobil
• company revenue

On the evening of April 7, 2021, Bohai Chemical issued an announcement stating that on March 18, 2021, the company disclosed the "Announcement of Tianjin Bohai Chemical Co., Ltd.

• Bohai petrochemical
• PDH facility

According to Bloomberg news on April 6, according to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) believes that AstraZeneca vaccine is potentially linked to blood clots.

• AstraZeneca vaccine
• thrombosis

According to news on April 1, Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon returned to management after a lapse of 7 years, and Hanwha’s core subsidiaries are vigorously developing new businesses.

• DNT
• caustic soda
• chlorine

According to foreign media reports, ExxonMobil said that the Fife ethylene plant with an annual output of 830,000 tons in Mossmorran, UK, will enter a "main phase" in the next few weeks. Therefore, It must be temporarily closed at the beginning

• ExxonMobil
• ethane cracking plant

A few days ago, Xinjiang Guotai Xinhua Coal-based Fine Chemicals Circular Economy Industrial Park Phase II project environmental impact assessment public participated in the first public announcement.

• BDO
• coal-based
• fine chemical

On April 1, the world-renowned paint supplier Haihong Elderly Group announced that Australian and New Zealand paint manufacturer Wattyl officially joined the world-renowned paint supplier Haihong Elderly Group with immediate effect.

• Hempel
• Wattyl

According to news from the official website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council today evening, after being submitted to the State Council for approval, Sinochem Corporation

• chemical company
• Sinochem
• ChemChina

LANXESS has expanded its Colortherm Yellow pigment series for heat-resistant high-performance plastics. Two new inorganic yellow pigments are now on the market, namely Colortherm Yellow 5 and Colortherm Yellow 26.

• LANXESS
• pigments
• polymers

With the improvement of the consumption level of cosmetics and the advancement of consumption concepts, consumers are increasingly pursuing the safety and efficacy of products.

• basf
• cosmetics raw materials

Recently, GoodRx, a US drug price tracking website, published a list of the 10 most expensive drugs. Novartis's spinal muscular atrophy gene therapy drug Zolgensma ranked first with US$2.125 million (approximately 13.8 million yuan)

• drugs
• Novartis
• gene therapy

IFF announced the launch of Nurica™ lactase in China on March 31, 2021, providing a new way for dairy companies to create high-quality products, while improving profitability and meeting consumers' health needs.

• lactase
• galactooligosaccharides