Global Chemicals: Investment, Innovation & Market Moves – 29 Sep 2026

Projects, Plants & Petrochemical Expansion

INEOS marks 400-plus ethane deliveries as Grangemouth supply link turns ten

Technip Energies wins Petkim cracker design work ahead of investment decision

Wanhua’s circular water project wins Zhan Tianyou engineering award

Avantium produces first FDCA as flagship plant enters start-up

MOL plans to double maleic anhydride capacity in Hungary

Deals, Spin-offs & Corporate Moves

Crasus Chemical lists as Resonac readies October spin-off

Mitsubishi Chemical plans full logistics subsidiary sale to SBS

OCI profit shrinks as nitrogen impairment offsets disposal gain

KBR and Trinzic set investor days ahead of planned separation

Resonac keeps Crasus spin-off tax allocation estimate at 0.085

Materials, Packaging & Innovation

BASF puts coconut water and collagen repair on beauty agenda

Amazon stretches paper packaging to fit automated fulfilment

LG Chem and Volkswagen explore lighter, recycled vehicle materials

Six consumer giants launch PaperFlex push for flexible paper packaging

Pharma, Agri-tech & Leadership

Arkema taps François Desné to lead polymers and fluorogases

Bayer’s Lynkuet gets priority review for endocrine therapy-related hot flashes

Cibus and Crystal Crop target gene-edited mustard for India

Markets & Petrochemical Pulse

Asia petrochemicals face weak buying after China’s October holiday