APPLIED Adhesives entered an exclusive arrangement to handle US distribution of Henkel's flexible packaging adhesive and coating range, combining Henkel's portfolio with APPLIED's sales, technical support and logistics. The announcement was dated 9 July 2026.

Linde will supply industrial gases to a low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana. The announcement was reported June 27, 2025.

ExxonMobil introduced its ExxonMobil Signature Polymers portfolio brand, uniting its polyolefin products.

Novopor Advanced Science has acquired Pressure Chemical Company, a Pittsburgh specialty chemistry firm founded in 1964 with expertise in high-pressure reactions, polymerization and alkoxylation. The deal value was not disclosed.

Ingredion announced a $50 million investment to modernize and expand industrial starch production at its Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility for the packaging and papermaking industries.

Dow and Freepoint Eco-Systems agreed a supply deal for an estimated 65,000 metric tons per year of certified-circular pyrolysis oil from a planned Arizona advanced recycling facility, to be used in Dow's US Gulf Coast operations from as early as 2026.

KKR has sent deal books for the sale of Circor International's DeltaValve subsidiary, a Sandy, Utah maker of coke drum unheading valves, with first-round bids expected in May; the business is marketed on $11 million of EBITDA, according to sources.

SLB and ChampionX announced a definitive agreement for SLB to buy ChampionX in an all-stock transaction, with ChampionX shareholders receiving 0.735 SLB shares per share. The deal is expected to yield about $400 million in annual pre-tax synergies within three years.

Italian paper specialist Fedrigoni purchased selected assets of US specialty papers supplier Mohawk Fine Papers to strengthen its North American presence. The deal follows a partnership the two companies signed in September 2022.

Henkel signed an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based Seal for Life Industries LLC from Arsenal Capital Partners.

LyondellBasell acquired a 25% equity ownership in Cyclyx, the joint venture between Agilyx and ExxonMobil, to accelerate US plastics circularity infrastructure.

Golden Triangle Polymers, a joint venture of Chevron Phillips and QatarEnergy, has named contractors for its $8.5 billion polyethylene plant in Orange, Texas, which is expected to employ about 4,500 construction workers. Production is expected to begin in 2026.

EXP has been awarded a contract by Lithium Americas for design, engineering and supply of equipment for a 3,000 metric tonnes/day sulfuric acid plant at the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. MECS, a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies, holds the technology license for the plant.

Emerson will supply automation technologies, software and control systems for the Golden Triangle Polymers Project in Orange, Texas, a $8.5 billion ethane cracker and polyethylene complex. Operations are expected to begin in 2026.

LyondellBasell signed a definite long-term contract with Nexus Circular for about 24,000 tons of advanced recycled feedstock per year, produced at Nexus's new facility, for use at LyondellBasell's Channelview, Texas plant.

Hollingsworth & Vose will invest $40.2 million to expand its Floyd County, Virginia facility by over 28,000 square feet for new production equipment, creating 25 new jobs. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on 3 January 2023.

EUKALIN Corporation acquired 100 percent of the assets of Adhesives Specialists, Inc., a US maker of water-based and hotmelt adhesives, including its building in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The deal was announced on August 8, 2022, and no value was disclosed.

Chemours is increasing its Opteon YF ultra-low GWP refrigerant production by 40% at its Ingleside, Texas facility through an $80 million project. The expansion is aimed at meeting growing customer demand.

Flotek Industries agreed a long-term contract to supply its green downhole chemistry solutions to a dedicated portion of ProFrac's hydraulic fracturing fleets for three years. The contract creates an expected backlog of more than $230 million, and Flotek is also issuing $10 million of convertible notes to ProFrac.

Bona US held a groundbreaking for a 280,000-square-foot building at Monroe Corporate Center in Monroe, North Carolina, its second facility at the industrial park. The company plans to invest more than $20 million and create 124 jobs.

Zep Inc. completed and started up a new AFCO production facility in Kingman's Industrial Park, Arizona, to serve western US customers in the food and beverage processing industry, with about 25 jobs expected over two years.

Henkel closed its acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies, a metal packaging sealants supplier based in Cambridge, MA, for US$1.05 billion, and the Sonderhoff Group, a Cologne-based foamed gasketing and dosing equipment maker, with undisclosed terms.

Honeywell is expanding its Baton Rouge, Louisiana facility to double the capacity of its ultra-low global warming potential Solstice ze product. The product is used in foam insulation, propellants, refrigeration and air conditioning.

Eastman and Procter & Gamble signed an agreement under which P&G will use Eastman Renew materials, made by molecular recycling of waste plastic, in select products and packaging. The companies will also collaborate on plastic recycling infrastructure.

Haldor Topsoe will build a 15,000 tpy hydroprocessing catalyst plant at its existing Bayport production site in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2023.

PPG is expanding coatings manufacturing capacity for beverage and food can coatings at its Tiel, Netherlands plant and Cieszyn, Poland plant. Completion is expected between late 2021 and Q1 2022; financial details were not disclosed.

Cove signed an exclusive five-year agreement to receive 350 million pounds of RWDC Industries' PHA biopolymer for its biodegradable water bottles. The deal supports Cove's planned first product launch later in 2021.

Origin Materials and Packaging Matters have agreed to jointly develop advanced packaging materials, including the polymer PEF, building on an existing 10-year supply agreement for carbon-negative PET.

The Estée Lauder Companies and Eastman signed a global memorandum of understanding under which Estée Lauder brands will incorporate Eastman Renew molecularly recycled polyester packaging to help meet its 2025 sustainable packaging goals. The announcement was made on 30 March 2021.

Diversified CPC International completed Phase I of its new Beaumont, Texas plant at Iron Horse Terminals, which began commercial operation in late November 2020. The company invested $10 million in Phase I.

Dymax Corporation will buy about 16 acres in the Gastonia Technology Park and invest up to USD 21.5 million to build an advanced manufacturing operation, creating about 59 jobs within five years.

Honeywell is considering a potential $40 million investment to expand capacity at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana plant by 20 million pounds per year of Solstice ze refrigerant, creating 13 new jobs, with completion expected in early 2021.

Ampo Poyam Valves will design and manufacture electric actuated gate valves for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures' chemical facility in San Patricio County, Texas. Construction starts in Q3 2019 with start-up expected by 2022.

Chemours formally inaugurated its $300 million Opteon YF production facility in Ingleside, Texas, near Corpus Christi, tripling its Opteon YF capacity. Production started in February 2019.

Newway Valve and Wanhua Chemical signed a centralized valve procurement agreement for Wanhua's US MDI integrated project in Louisiana, with a total investment of $1.25 billion and design capacity of 400,000 tonnes per year, during a ceremony at Yantai.

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, with the plant scheduled to be completed in September 2019 and operating in early 2020.

Kuraray America is investing approximately US$15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting Sealed Air's Plantic packaging work.

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting its partnership with Sealed Air. The resin plant is scheduled for completion in September 2019 and operation in early 2020.

Ortec, a biomaterial and polymer technology company, plans to invest $20 million to expand its existing Pendleton facility in Anderson County, South Carolina, creating about 18 new jobs. Hiring is projected to begin in the second quarter of 2019.

Chemours has started up a new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) refrigerant production facility at its Corpus Christi site in Ingleside, Texas, completing a $300 million project that triples its global capacity for this product.

INEOS Styrolution made the final investment decision to build a new 100kt ASA plant at its Bayport, Texas site, with start-up scheduled for 2021. WorleyParsons was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract.

Nylene broke ground on Nov. 13, 2018 on an $8 million expansion at its Henderson, Kentucky plant, adding an 80,000 sq ft building and 40 jobs, with completion expected by July 2019.

Danimer Scientific will locate a fermentation facility in Winchester, Kentucky, investing $36.2 million to produce its Noda PHA biopolymer and create 37 full-time jobs. Operations are targeted to start in Q4 2019.

Messer and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII agreed with Linde AG to acquire the majority of Linde's industrial gases business in North America and parts of its South American business for USD 3.3 billion. The joint venture MG Industries will operate under the Messer brand, and the deal depends on the Praxair-Linde merger and cartel approvals.

DowDupont announced it will invest $45 million to buy and retrofit a plant in Newark, Delaware. The article text is truncated, so further details are unavailable.

DowDuPont will invest $45 million over two years to buy and retrofit a new Newark, Delaware plant producing Kalrez high-temperature sealant material. The facility will be twice the size of the current site and will not add permanent jobs.

DowDuPont announced about $100 million of investments over two years to expand capacity and modernize the Sabine River Works plant in Orange County, Texas, for Surlyn, Nucrel, Fusabond and Vamac specialty materials, with phased output starting in 2020.

SNC-Lavalin and its joint venture partner JV Driver were awarded a lump-sum EPC contract by INEOS Oligomers to design and build a polyalphaolefin unit at Chocolate Bayou, Texas. The unit is expected online in October 2019 with 120,000 metric tons per annum capacity.

MonoSol, a Kuraray division, will initially invest US$72 million to build a 150,000-square-foot water-soluble film manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana, expected to create up to 89 jobs by mid-2020. The site adds about 18 percent to existing global capacity.

LiquidPower Specialty Products (LSPI), a Berkshire Hathaway company, commissioned a new drag reducing agent manufacturing plant within its complex in Bryan, Texas, doubling its capacity. The announcement was made on November 20, 2017.