- In June 2021, the manufacture of petrochemical products in South Korea, Taekwang Industrial is the manufacture of petrochemical products will set up a plant of acrylonitrile joint venture with LG Chem in south Korea to meet the growing demand in the global market
- In April 2021, Trillium Renewable Chemicals has announced a plan to start up a new company to manufacture chemicals from renewable feedstocks, for instance acrylonitrile, for ABS with a net-zero footprint as per CEO Corey Tyree's statement. They said that this t technology would improvethe supply chain security and the GHG (greenhouse gas) footprint of ABS makers
