26 November 202520 November 2025 Ducor Petrochemicals and Blue Circle Olefins partner to create a fully circular supply chain for polypropylene The aim is to serve the increasing market demand for bio-based and carbon recycled polypropylene for demanding market segments from life-science over packaging materials up to automotive parts
10 September 20254 September 2025 Sumitomo Chemical Achieves Scale-Up of Its Proprietary Process for Producing Propylene Directly from Ethanol Accelerating the Demonstration Project for Its New Technology Contributing to the Petrochemical Industry’s Effort to Switch to Alternative Feedstocks
3 April 20251 April 2025 JFE Steel, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, and Mitsubishi Chemical Collaborate to Develop a Carbon Recycling Supply Chain at Mizushima Complex The Demonstration Project is slated to begin in FY2026
28 May 202423 May 2024 LG Chem to jointly develop bio-propylene with US-based company Gevo The companies expect to produce bio-propylene with bio-ethanol produced from carbohydrates including corn and sugarcane
28 April 202325 April 2023 Gevo, LG Chem on ethanol-based propylene partnership The joint development agreement between Gevo and LG Chem will accelerate the pilot research, technical scale-up, and commercialization of bio-propylene
27 January 20236 June 2023 SABIC reaffirms commitment to the circular carbon economy with a target of one million metric tons of TRUCIRCLE™ solutions annually by 2030 As a next step to meet this 2030 target, SABIC will upscale volumes globally of advanced and mechanical recycling as well as bio-based materials
