Key Developments

In April 2023, Sinopec's subsidiary Hainan Baling Chemical New Material started a new styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) plant in China with a capacity of 170,000 tons per year
In 2023, MBA Polymers UK launches Post Consumer Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene product
In 2022, INEOS and SINOPEC sign Joint Venture agreement for a brand new petrochemicals complex in Tianjin, China
In 2022, BASF has extended its series of Licity anode binders for Li-ion battery manufacturing. The second-generation styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) binder Licity 2698 X F facilitates the use of silicon contents exceeding 20%. In addition to the established properties of the Licity product family, this binder enables higher capacity, increased number of charge/discharge cycles and reduced charging times.