Shell Chemical

Henkel and Shell Chemical LP agreed to a five-year collaboration to replace up to 200,000 tonnes of fossil feedstocks with renewable feedstocks for surfactants used in Henkel's laundry brands Persil, Purex and all in North America.

Henkel and Shell Chemical LP have agreed to a five-year collaboration to replace up to 200,000 tonnes of fossil feedstocks with renewable feedstocks for surfactants used in Henkel's laundry brands in North America.

Shell Chemical has started production at its new polyethylene plant in Pennsylvania. The plant is a major petrochemical facility.

Shell Chemical LP is making good progress on the main construction of its fourth linear alpha olefins unit at its chemicals manufacturing site in Geismar, La., adding 425,000 tonnes per year capacity.