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Sherwin-Williams General Industrial Coatings announced the opening of a new facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

• Sherwin-Williams

Polyvantis, a leading global supplier of high-quality semi-finished acrylic and polycarbonate products, has announced the official opening of its new technical center in Shanghai, China.

• Polyvantis

In recent years, people are more and more concerned about food safety, so food additives is one of the key objects of concern.

• foodadditive
• food health

Genomatica (Geno), a leader in industrial biomanufacturing technology, has entered into a new partnership with Sojitz Corporation (Sojitz) to significantly accelerate the commercialization of plant-based nylon 6 based on Geno's underlying proprietary tech

• Geno
• Sojitz
• nylon 6

BASF announced key progress in the construction and operation of its large-scale integrated site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong.

• BASF

In early October 2025, a confidential document from Germany’s ruling coalition surfaced, revealing a new push to “shield European steel from unfair competition.”

The mood in Midwestern soybean fields this autumn is equal parts resignation and dark humor. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted on 2 October 2025 that Washington will roll out targeted support for soybean farmers after Chinese importers boycott

On October 2, 2025, Reuters revealed that as Saudi Aramco sought to raise $11 billion in leaseback financing for its Jafurah unconventional gas project, four Chinese state-owned banks suddenly became the main players.

COIM Group, a developer and manufacturer of specialty chemicals, announced the expansion of its Synres production site in Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands.

• COIM

DKSH High Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor, has opened a newly upgraded Innovation Center in South Korea to support the food and beverage, personal care, and specialty chemicals industries.

• DKSH

UK-based startup Clean Food Group (CFG) announced on September 12 that its fermentation-derived oil has received approval for use in cosmetics across the UK, Europe, and the United States.

• Clean Food Group
• fermentation-derived oli

NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced the launch of polyethylene (PE) resins featuring its next-generation non-fluoropolymer processing aid (NF-PPA).

• NOVA Chemicals

Eli Lilly’s once-daily oral GLP-1, orforglipron, outperformed Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide (Rybelsus) in a head-to-head diabetes study, reinforcing Lilly’s bid to lead in pills as well as injectables.

India’s largest drugmaker underscores that precision—designing drugs to reduce side effects and improve delivery for very specific patient needs—beats scattershot expansion.

India’s largest drugmaker Sun Pharma has carved out its niche by focusing on unmet patient needs rather than chasing every new market segment, according to founder and executive chairman Dilip Shanghvi.

ExxonMobil announced in September 2025 that it would suspend the construction of two chemical recycling plants in Antwerp, Belgium, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with a total investment of about €100 million.

Recently, Solvay Group’s electronic-grade hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) expansion project at its Zhenjiang plant officially went online, doubling the facility’s annual production capacity.

• Solvay

Lubrizol, a global leader in advanced specialty ingredients, has reached a major milestone in its sustainability journey: the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), from its peptide synthesis process.

• Lubrizol
• PFAS
• peptide synthesis

Kemira has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Water Engineering, a U.S.-based specialty water treatment services company headquartered in Nebraska, from Nolan Capital.

• Kemira
• Water Engineering

Sumitomo Chemical has completed and launched a pilot facility at its Chiba Works (Sodegaura site) to demonstrate its newly developed process of producing propylene directly from ethanol.