Bio-based isosorbide NIPUs outperform toxic isocyanate adhesives with 909% elongation and low… – Global News Digest, 5 Jun 2026

Petchem tech & feedstock strategy

BASF debuts at CIPPE 2026 with full petchem technology and catalyst showcase in Shanghai

APIC 2026 Fukuoka: Middle East conflict is forcing Asian petrochemical industry to restructure feedstock strategy

Circular chemicals & bio-based disruption

Ruby Bio's yeast-fermented emulsifiers target palm oil and petrochemical additives by 2026

BASF deepens Encina tie-up with advisory rights and equity option in circular benzene project

Bio-based isosorbide NIPUs outperform toxic isocyanate adhesives with 909% elongation and low activation energy

Chips, gases & advanced materials

Air Liquide lands €200 million SK hynix chip gas mega-deal for HBM packaging fab in Cheongju

Toray to open India's first in-house PPS compound plant at Sri City Andhra Pradesh by early 2027

Fly ash epoxy composite coating delays ice formation 496 seconds using photothermal carbon black

India manufacturing & boardroom moves

MRPL appoints Dr Seema as government nominee director effective June 4 2026

Beckers Group opens 9,000 tonne renewable resin plant in Nagpur through Berger-Becker joint venture

Trade pressure & rubber markets

Vietnam rubber exporters ride nine-year price high but EU deforestation rules threaten market access

Circular packaging & waste-to-value

Dow's Marian Gmenta on why circularity is now a supply chain resilience strategy not just sustainability

Chemco Group wins FSSAI approval for food-grade rPET from its Gujarat bottle-to-bottle recycling plant

Emirates recycles 88,000 kg of cabin plastic into new onboard products in closed-loop programme

India's ReFiber launches Mumbai textile waste upcycling initiative targeting a $9 billion circular opportunity

Enforcement & corporate control

ED seizes Rs 1.3 crore in Mumbai and Gujarat chemical factory raids targeting Dawood aide Dola's drug network

LOTTE Chemical Pakistan bids to acquire 56% controlling stake in Engro Polymer the country's only PVC maker