- In January 2021, Shintech announced a capital investment of USD 1.25 billion to bolster its integrated PVC business, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd, which will further boost the production capacity of Shintech Inc., its US subsidiary. Shintech’s PVC production capacity is expected to reach 3.62 million metric ton per year
- In January 2021, Orbia planned to sell its PVC Unit due to demand constraints. However, the final decision on the divestment is not officially revealed
- In October 2020, AGR resin of Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Fukang Energy Company successfully passed the National Standard Project Evaluation. AGR resin is a special anti-scour polyvinyl chloride resin developed due to the disadvantage of the low impact strength of universal polyvinyl chloride resin. It is a modified polyvinyl chloride resin
- In July 2020, KEM ONE partnered with Polyloop to develop PVC recycling. This partnership will result in the combination of their skills and expertise to develop new PVC recycling solutions at the Balan site
- In February 2020, INEOS and UPM Biofuels announced a long-term agreement to supply a renewable raw material for new and innovative bio-attributed polymers produced at INEOS Köln, Germany. The world’s first commercially available bio-attributed PVC uses the residue from wood pulp manufacturing
