Johnson Warns of $400 Million Loss Due to Tariff Policy, Medical Device Division Hit Hardest

Wanhua Chemical’s R&D expenditure for the first half of 2025 amounted to RMB 2.291 billion, representing a 10.1% year-on-year increase. During the period, the company was granted 106 patents, including a new invention patent for “polyethylene glycol monoricinoleate,” enhancing the performance of coating additives. Its total patent count reached 6,702, reflecting sustained high-intensity R&D investment to support its strategic layout in high-end materials.

GEM and Academician Xueliang Sun’s Team Reach Consensus to Deepen Collaboration on All-Solid-State Lithium Battery Cathode Materials

Recently, the groundbreaking ceremony for the supporting facilities and system engineering of the 150,000 tons/year tubular EVA plant project of Shaanxi Yanchang Zhongmei Yulin Energy & Chemical Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Yulin Energy & Chemical") was successfully held. This groundbreaking marks the official entry of the EVA plant's supporting project into the comprehensive construction phase, laying a solid foundation for the smooth progress and on-schedule completion and commissioning of the entire project.

Recently, Gong Yuan, with its excellent product quality, perfect delivery system, and professional technical solutions, successfully won the bid for the "Midea Group Exclusive Floor Heating Pipe for 2026" project with the highest overall score, marking the beginning of a new chapter in comprehensive strategic cooperation between both parties.

Recently, the Grand Ceremony for the Comprehensive Construction Launch of the Dalu Coal-to-Olefins Upgrading Demonstration Project was solemnly held, marking the project’s official entry into a new phase of full-scale construction. The project’s construction scale includes: a 2.26-million-ton-per-year coal-to-methanol plant (comprising coal gasification, purification, methanol synthesis, and sulfur recovery units); a 900,000-ton-per-year polyolefins plant; a 2.26-million-ton-per-year methanol-to-olefins (MTO) unit (including olefins cracking conversion, OCC); and polyolefins units comprising a 250,000-ton-per-year polypropylene unit (loop reactor), a 200,000-ton-per-year polypropylene unit (gas-phase), a 350,000-ton-per-year polyethylene unit, and a 100,000-ton-per-year EVA/LDPE unit. Additionally, the project encompasses supporting utility facilities, including an air separation unit and an IGCC (integrated gasification combined cycle) thermal power station, as well as other associated public utility and auxiliary production facilities.