PTT Global Chemical (GC) and SCG Chemicals (SCGC) announced plans to combine their olefins and polyolefins businesses in Thailand via a joint venture, with GC holding 56% and SCGC 44%. The venture will have a combined olefins capacity of 7.1 million tons per year and aims to rank among the world's top 10 polyolefins producers.

MKS Instruments (via its Atotech brand) has broken ground on a $25 million expansion of its equipment manufacturing base in Guangzhou's Huangpu District. The project will add about 30,000 sqm of space, doubling capacity, and is expected to be completed by Q4 2027.

French start-up Lactips signed a contract with US packaging group SmartSolve to produce 210 tonnes of its casein-derived water-soluble polymer, a substitute for petroleum-based PVOH, following two years of joint development.

Henkel completed the acquisition of Netherlands-based Stahl, a PE-backed coating specialist for flexibles with about 1,800 employees globally.

Symphony Environmental Technologies delivered its first commercial container-load of d2p EA masterbatch to Sirane Central Americana in Mexico. The delivery follows new independent ethylene-adsorption test results from AIMPLAS.

Minnesota-based Applied Adhesives acquired Van Asperen Kleefstoffen, a Netherlands-based adhesive solutions provider serving packaging, labeling and paper converting customers, to grow in Europe.

Topsoe signed a contract with Uniper to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) for the NorthStarH2 e-methanol facility in Östersund, Northern Sweden, based on its ModuLite technology. The plant is expected to produce around 115,000 tons of e-methanol annually, with FID expected in 2028.

Sukano AG signed a capacity reservation agreement with Avantium for releaf PEF polymer, securing future production volumes from industrial-scale facilities built by Avantium's potential licensing partners.

HarperLove, a portfolio company of HBM Holdings, acquired the corrugated products business of ChromaScape (formerly CEL Chemical), which makes adhesives and additives for corrugated packaging. Terms were not disclosed.

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.

Nur Ink Innovations signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Shenzhen Hosonsoft to deploy its powder-free DTF printing chemistry across China; phase one installations at three printer manufacturers are complete.

Avantium signed a capacity reservation agreement with juice producer Hoogesteger for releaf PEF volumes from future licensed plants, building on an earlier offtake agreement. Avantium has now secured reservations for well over 100 kilotonnes of releaf.

Zoono Group received its first major commercial orders, worth about NZ$600,000, from Sharpak Aylesham, the UK arm of Groupe Guillin, under an exclusive UK soft fruits packaging contract. A second identical order is scheduled for July 2026.

Borouge and Borealis combined into Borouge International, which is acquiring NOVA Chemicals, with OMV and XRG each holding 50 percent. The new company is headquartered in Austria with regional headquarters in the UAE.

Siegwerk announced the acquisition of Hi-Tech Inks, adding production capabilities and product range in India for packaging converters and brand owners.

Henkel is acquiring Stahl for an enterprise value of €2.1 billion, buying the stakes held by Wendel, BASF and Clariant, to strengthen Stahl's specialty coatings for flexible materials. Completion is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

Samson Controls (China) won a public tender for 91 self-acting control valves for the CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Huizhou Phase 3 ethylene project, with a winning bid of CNY 603,000 including VAT. The award was published on January 27, 2026.

Minerals Technologies expects to commission a new satellite plant in China early in 2026 for paper and packaging filler and coating technology.

Loop and Ester Industries' joint venture ELITe awarded Toyo Engineering India a detailed engineering contract for the Infinite Loop India PET resin plant, designed to produce over 70,000 tonnes of PET resin annually.

Ampo Poyam Valves has supplied forged gate valves, including 24-inch 1500-class units in F91 material, for the ethylene unit of BASF's CR Cluster in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, for EPC contractor HQC.

Binh Son Petroleum Packaging and Trading JSC published a direct-bidding tender for additives used in packaging production, with a tender value of 1,448,949,600 VND. Bid closing is listed as 6 October 2025, and the notice was published on 29 October 2025.

Westlake Corporation agreed to acquire the global compounding solutions businesses of Portugal-based ACI/Perplastic Group, a maker of PVC, polyolefin, silicone and thermoplastic rubber compounds with four plants, with closing expected in early 2026.

Air Liquide signed a binding agreement to acquire DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2 at an enterprise value of EUR 2.85 billion (KRW 4.6 trillion). Closing is expected in the first half of 2026.

Grupo Cobra and Masa, subsidiaries of Cobra IS, were awarded electrical, piping and industrial mechanical works for a €1.2 billion second-generation biofuel plant in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, for Moeve and Apical, with 500,000 tonnes per year capacity.

thyssenkrupp Uhde's subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a Letter of Intent with KÖKSAN to deliver two PET resin plants, one in Gaziantep, Türkiye and one in Babylon, Iraq with Al Mutahida Packaging, each with 324,000 tons per year capacity. Completion is planned for 2027 and 2028.

The European Commission approved without conditions the acquisition of Nova Chemicals by ADNOC and OMV, part of a broader merger plan with Borealis and Borouge. The approval was reported on 10 July 2025.

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.

Avantium signed a multi-year capacity reservation agreement with Dutch packaging producer Hordijk, securing future PEF polymer volumes from licensed industrial-scale plants.

Avantium signed a multi-year capacity reservation agreement with Dutch packaging producer Hordijk, securing PEF polymer volumes from future licensed plants for trays and injection-molded packaging.

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.

Dalian Roy Pump won the contract for the oxygen scavenger dosing system on the EPC package of the Maoming refining transformation and upgrade ethylene unit project in China.

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.

Dutch firm Avantium signed a joint venture agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA to explore using its plant-based PEF polymer Releaf in rigid containers. Amcor has committed to a multi-year capacity reservation for Releaf.

EcoSynthetix Inc. won a new commercial account with one line of an unnamed leading global pulp manufacturer, under a purchase order worth about CAD 1.1 million for calendar 2025 deliveries of its SurfLock strength aids.

Borouge signed four supply agreements for polyethylene and polypropylene with Bericap, Taghleef Industries, INDEVCO Group and ALPLA, plus a collaboration with Tahzeem Packaging and Rebound for recycled-content shipping sacks, valued at over $100 million (AED 367 million), announced on 28 January 2025.

Arkema, through Bostik, finalized the acquisition of Dow's flexible packaging laminating adhesives business, which has around US$250 million in annual sales and five production sites in Italy, the United States and Mexico. The enterprise value is US$150 million.

Samsung E&A signed an EPC contract with Ras Laffan Petrochemicals for an ethylene storage plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. Samsung E&A's share is about KRW 301.9 billion (about USD 215 million) of a total KRW 588.2 billion contract, to be executed over 34 months in a joint venture with CTCI.

2M Group of Companies has signed a multi-year commercial supply agreement with Transcend Packaging to supply its plastic-free Morro Coating for paper board packaging across the UK. The coating will be manufactured at scale at 2M's Milton Keynes facility under its Sustainable Packaging Technologies venture.

2M Group of Companies signed a multi-year commercial supply agreement with Transcend Packaging to supply Xampla's plastic-free Morro Coating across the UK. The coating will be manufactured at scale at 2M's Milton Keynes facility under its Sustainable Packaging Technologies venture.

CARBIOS and French label maker SLEEVER signed an exclusive long-term contract to jointly develop Home Compost biodegradable shrinksleeve films, including a master supply agreement for CARBIOS Active enzyme for PLA biodegradation.

Dalian Roy Pump won the contract for the EO product tank farm and loading facilities of North Huajin United Petrochemical's 590,000-tonne/year ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol unit in China. The article gives no contract value.

Stahl Group is set to acquire Weilburger Graphics, a coatings maker for flexible materials such as paper and cardboard, subject to the usual approvals. The deal strengthens Stahl's packaging coatings business in Europe and globally.

Arkema agreed to acquire Dow's flexible packaging laminating adhesives business, with annual sales of about $250 million, at an enterprise value of $150 million. Bostik will combine the business with its existing flexible packaging presence; the business has manufacturing sites in Italy, the United States and Mexico.

Texol Lubritech FZC, a Sharjah-based subsidiary of Gandhar Oil Refinery India, won a three-year contract to manufacture, package, label and supply products to ADNOC distribution, with an estimated annual value of $45 million.

Tate & Lyle agreed to acquire CP Kelco, a pectin and speciality gums maker, from J.M. Huber for a total implied consideration of US$1.8 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

On June 19, 2024 the 2M Group of Companies signed its first commercial agreement to exclusively supply Xampla's plastic-free Morro Coating to Huhtamaki for corrugate board foodservice containers, in a multi-year deal deployed at scale in on-the-go applications.

Anhui Hongsifang Co. published the result of its tender for acetylene mixed-gas compressor units for its 5,000 t/yr NVP expansion project, awarding the order to Jiangyin Keyi Compressor Co. The notice is dated 24 May 2024.

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.

Dalian Roy Pump won the contract to supply equipment for the 700,000-tonne/year pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation complex at North Huajin United Petrochemical's Fine Chemicals and Feedstock Project in China.