http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/basf-starts-up-its-first-plant-for-recycled-polyamide-6/ BASF announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid® plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply of sustainable products for the textile industry. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/mitsubishi-chemical-group-to-license-its-n-vinylformamide-technology-for-snfs-new-plant-in-france/ Mitsubishi Chemical Group will provide its N-vinylformamide manufacturing technology at SNF Group's new plant in Dunkirk, France. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/braskem-siam-partners-with-mitr-phol-bio-fuel-to-use-ethanol-to-produce-bio-ethylenepolyethylene/ Braskem Siam and Braskem signed a Letter of Intent with Mitr Phol Bio Fuel to supply agricultural-based ethanol for the production of bio-ethylene and bio-based polyethylene http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/lyondellbasell-covestro-announce-permanent-closure-of-po11-unit-at-maasvlakte/ LyondellBasell and Covestro have jointly decided to permanently close the Propylene Oxide Styrene and Monomer production unit at the Maasvlakte site in the Netherlands. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/us-ethane-production-consumption-and-exports-set-new-records-in-2024/ U.S. ethane production, consumption, and exports reached record highs in 2024. Increasing ethane recovery associated with natural gas production and continued growth in the domestic and global petrochemical sectors drove these increases. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/rialti-introduces-pp-compounds-containing-pcr-and-pir-content/ Rialti, a leading European polypropylene compounder and recycler, is launching new compound grades containing both post-consumer recycled (PCR) and post-industrial recycled (PIR) content. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/new-insulation-board-containing-expandable-polystyrene-containing-recycled-material-used-in-pilot-project-by-abg-basf-and-sto/ In a recently completed pilot project, BASF, together with the housing society ABG FRANKFURT HOLDING and the manufacturer of external thermal insulation composite systems Sto, successfully used an insulation board based on expandable polystyrene (EPS) containing recycled material. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/basf-sika-launch-epoxy-hardener-for-sustainable-solutions-in-the-construction-industry/ BASF and Sika have jointly developed a new amine building block for curing epoxy resins, which is now commercially available under BASF’s Baxxodur® EC 151 brand. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/borealis-launches-borcycle-m-linear-low-density-flexible-packaging-grade-with-85-pcr-content/ Borealis has introduced Borcycle™ M CWT120CL, a high-performance, recycled linear low-density polyethylene grade (rLLDPE) designed to advance circularity in non-food flexible packaging. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/abb-signs-agreement-with-dow-as-the-automation-partner-to-support-path2zero-ethylene-complex-in-canada/ ABB has signed a Leveraged Procurement Agreement to support as the automation partner for Dow’s Path2Zero project at Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta, Canada.