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Meetings & Conferences                                                                                                                                                               News from Abroad



       May 2024                          Informa Markets Korea Corporation    ONLINE / VIRTUAL CONFERENCE            PETROCHEMICALS
       6-8 | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia        : Ms. Helena Kim               February 2024                             LyondellBasell boosts PP portfolio with stake
       MEPEC 2024                         : +82-2-6715-5422
       American Institute of Chemical     : Helena.kim@informa.com        12-14 | Mangalore                         in Saudi Arabia’s NATPET
       Engineers (AIChE)                    : Cphi.com/korea/en/home.html  Training programme on industrial
        : + 971-4427 0739                                                 corrosion and its control                    Chemicals giant, LyondellBasell,                                 solutions that align with the Kingdom
                                                                           The Electrochemical Society of India,
        : Info@e3-worldwide.com         September 2024                    Indian Institute of Science Campus &      had agreed  to acquire  a 35% interest                              of  Saudi Arabia’s 2060  carbon  reduc-
          : Mepec.org                    9-11 | Houston, Texas, US         Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials        in Saudi Arabia-based National Petro-                               tion strategy.
                                         World Chemical Forum 2024         Engineering, National Institute of        chemical Industrial Company (NATPET)
       June 2024                         Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS  Technology Karnataka (NITK)              for  approximately $500-mn from                                        As majority  owner of NATPET,
       10-14 | Frankfurt, Germany         : +1-301-966 7270                  : Dr. S. B. Arya                       Alujain Corporation, a Saudi Arabian                                Alujain is  a  longtime licensee of  the
       ACHEMA 2024                        : Support@chemicalmarketanalytics.com   : +91-87625 26500                 petrochemicals, energy,  mining and                                 Spheripol PP technology, one of the
       DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH            : Chemicalmarketanalytics.com/world-    : Indcorr11@gmail.com           metals company. LyondellBasell, which                               solutions it uses  to operate a propy-
        : +49-69 7564 750                  chemical-forum/                   : Forms.gle/imsSuXVogKA94Rqv7          licenses the  Spheripol polypropylene  products in key regions,” said Lyon-  lene and PP complex in Yanbu Indus-
        : Visitor@dechema.de                                                                                        (PP) technology, said the joint venture  dellBasell’s CEO, Mr. Peter Vanacker.  trial City. NATPET currently has an PP
          : Achema.de/en                                                                                             will grow its core PP business through                              production capacity of  approximately
                                                                                                                     “access to advantaged feedstocks, plus   LyondellBasell  will  also join Alu-  400-ktpa.  “This  new investment  is a
       12-14 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam                                                                             additional product marketing capacity,  jain in assessing potential construction  great  step forward for developing  the
       Coatings Expo Vietnam 2024 –                      INDIA                                                       in a strategic region.”           of a new propylene via propane dehy-  downstream sector in the Kingdom of
                                                                                                                                                       drogenation  (PDH) and PP facility  at  Saudi Arabia, and Alujain has plans to
       The 9th International Exhibition on                                                                              “We expect the  joint venture will  the NATPET site, subject to a fi nal in-  drive these developments further,” said
       Coatings and Printing Inks Industry                                                                           add value both through our ownership  vestment decision. The project is being  Alujain’s Chairman,  Mr. Mohammed
       in Vietnam                                                                                                    interest, as  well as  marketing of  the  studied with a shared goal to implement  Bin Saleh AlKhalil.
       Minh Vi Exhibitions and Advertisement
       Services Co. Ltd. (VEAS)                                                                                      EXPANDING PRESENCE
        : +84-28 3848 8561                                                                                          Elementis setting up R&D unit and centre of excel-
        : Info@veas.com.vn                                             R               R
          : Coatings-vietnam.com                                                                                     lence in Portugal

       19-20 | Messe Düsseldorf, Germany                                                                                Elementis, the UK-based speciality
       Chemspec Europe 2024                              Hall 1         Hall 2        Hall 3                         chemicals company, will be opening a
       RX Global                                                                                                     new unit in Portugal, featuring a centre
          : Gloria Vezzoli                                                                                           of excellence and R&D laboratory. This
                                                                                     Filling Fast !!
        : +44-(0)-1727 814 543                        Sold Out !!!    Sold Out !!!  Few Stands left                 new unit, which will be headquartered
        : Chemspeceurope@rxglobal.com                                                                               in Porto and is scheduled to open in
          : Chemspeceurope.com                                                                                       the fi rst half of this year, will support
                                                                                                                     both of Elementis’ business segments –
       24-27 | Marseille, France                                                                                     Personal Care and  Performance Spe-
       32nd European Biomass Conference                                                                              cialties, also  reinforcing the current
       and Exhibition – EUBCE 2024                                     APRIL 2024                                    R&D capacity of the company’s labo-
       ETA-Florence Renewable Energies                 24       25                                                   ratories in Asia and the Americas. The  identifi ed  opportunities  for  collabora-  “Elementis’ new location  in Porto
                                                                                                                     company is looking to hire 100 skilled  tion, including potential partnerships  will be an open and inspiring space for
        : +39-055 5002174                                             HALL 1, 2 & 3 | BEC | MUMBAI                  employees for the project.        with institutions like  Universidade  our employees and customers to colla-
        : Eubce@etaflorence.it, biomass.                                                                                                              Católica do Porto, through the Centre  borate on practical demonstrations, pre-
           conference@etaflorence.it                                                                                    By the end of 2024, Elementis ex-  of Biotechnology  and Fine Chemistry  sentations and training. We have ambi-
          : Eubce.com                                                                                                pects to invest up to €3-mn in Portugal  (CBQF)  from the Superior School of  tious plans to launch more than 50 new
                                                                                                                     to open the new unit, in addition to the  Biotechnology. The company  said the  products by 2026, and this new location
       August 2024                                                                                                   expected annual investment of up  to  collaborations  would be “grounded in  will play a crucial role in realising those
       27-29 | Seoul, South Korea                                                                                    €6-mn in people, facilities and labora-  advancing sustainable chemistry, creat-  plans,” said Mr. Paul Waterman, CEO,
       CPHI Korea 2024                                                                                               tories. In Porto, Elementis  said it has  ing value and progressing talent.”  Elementis.

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