Mitsubishi Chemical pares epoxy grades while its CEO wins global industry honour – Global Corporate News Digest, 27 May 2026

Specialty shift and governance reset

Mitsubishi Chemical pares epoxy grades while its CEO wins global industry honour

Mitsui Chemicals pushes biomass plastics, profit recovery and governance reset together

Process efficiency and plant performance

BASF turns paintshop technology gains into sustainability award momentum

Clariant catalysts lift two Chinese formaldehyde plants into stable operation

Yihua strengthens pentaerythritol chain with two formaldehyde units in China

Valmet wins lime coolerorder to raise efficiency at Austrian pulp mill

Heinzel Pöls targets kiln capacity and fuel savings with Valmet cooler

Nylon and engineered materials shake-up

DOMO exits adipic acid chain as European nylon restructuring deepens

Lone Star builds engineered materials scale through DOMO and Radici acquisitions

Polyurethane cost squeeze

Stepan raises polyester polyol prices as polyurethane cost floor resets