Contents ↘ 16/23 January 2023 ↘ For more, visit chemweek.com ↘ Issue: 185 ↘ number: 2 ↘ 13 REGAN: EPA bolsters environmental justice. ↘ 17 HASLER: Divestiture enables MBCC deal. ↘ 26 VAN DE KERKHOF: Pushing sustainability. ↘ 30 JENSEN: Will lead Perstorp's integration. On the cover ↘ 21 Soaps and detergents: Innovation delivers cleaner homes, sustainable future The cleaning sector enjoys increased relevance among consumers after demonstrat-ing the value of disinfection amid COVID-19 and a track record of delivering increased convenience, performance, and sustainability. ↘ 25 India driving LAB demand growth Business & Finance United States/Americas 10 Univar attracts interest 10 Linde acquires US southeast 10 TCL breaks ground on two 11 11 13 13 13 packaged gas distributor sites in West Virginia Shareholder presses for board changes at Venator Entegris to add capacity in Colorado, California EPA earmarks $100 million for environmental justice Research non-profit MATRIC relaunches as AVN Corp. LanzaTech SPAC schedules shareholder merger vote from private equity 20 New construction • • • • PureCycle to build PP recycling plant in Belgium KMG to license Univation’s Unipol process for second PE plant in Kazakhstan Posco Chemical, Dongseo Chemical form activated carbon JV Air Liquide to supply tech for Inpex low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia demo plant in Japan Sustainability drives Archroma Butadiene outlook brightens in 2023 26 Specialties • • 29 Basic Chemicals & Plastics Departments 5 Viewpoint 30 Key changes 32 CW75 6 Newsbriefs • • • • • • Braskem may build biobased polypropylene plant in US Shell, Henkel sign renewable surfactants supply deal Linde to delist from Frankfurt Stock Exchange England’s single-use plastics ban to enter force in October Bangchak buys ExxonMobil’s stake in Esso Thailand Yara to expand German ammonia import capacity Europe/Mideast 16 QatarEnergy, CPChem go ahead 16 Five EU states propose restricting PFAS under REACH admixture business to Ineos deposit discovered in Sweden with Ras Laffan petchems complex 17 Sika to sell assets of MBCC’s 17 Europe’s largest rare earths Top of the week 9 Economic downturn, weak markets to hurt earnings in Europe Asia/Pacific 19 Showa Denko relaunches as 19 Lotte Chemical exits PTA, divests plant in Pakistan Petronas fertilizer unit Resonac after restructuring 19 Malaysian state buys stake in chemweek.com 16/23 January 2023 | Chemical Week | 3
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