AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoCapacity Expansion: MKS has begun a $25 million expansion of its Guangzhou plating-equipment plant, tripling its floor space to 50,000 square metres and adding more than 300 jobs to meet demand in China and Southeast Asia. Company Results: Cabot reported fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS of $6.42 and secured a $50 million U.S. energy grant to expand battery conductive-additive production. S-Oil’s third-quarter operating profit surged 514.7% year on year, with its Shaheen petrochemical complex set to begin a phased startup in January. Petrochemical Strategy: Thailand’s SCG Chemicals and PTT Global Chemical are joining forces on a polyolefins venture as regional producers seek scale amid China’s oversupply. Russia, meanwhile, imposed a three-month ban on exports of certain petrochemical products outside the Eurasian Economic Union. PFAS Treatment: Researchers report a water-treatment system that removed more than 90% of six PFAS compounds and stripped out about 83% of their fluorine in a 58-day test, pointing to a way to destroy the persistent chemicals rather than just capture them.
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