Business & Economics
ATP Adhesive Systems opens new manufacturing facility in South Carolina
ATP Adhesive Systems, a Henkel company (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com), today officially opened its new manufacturing facility in West Columbia, South Carolina, marking a significant milestone in the company's continued expansion in North America. The new facility measures 127,000 square feet…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. to expand production of BT thermoset resin in Thailand
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; www.mgc.co.jp) announced its decision to expand the manufacturing and product inspection facilities at MGC Electrotechno (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (MGC-ETT; located in WHA Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, Kingdom of Thailand),…
BASF shifting polyisobutene portfolio in Europe to run entirely on renewable electricity
BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is shifting its eligible polyisobutene (PIB) portfolio produced in Europe for external customers to run entirely on renewable electricity. The full transition of eligible Oppanol® B and Glissopal® to 100 percent renewable electricity will be completed from January…
Maire Nextchem to acquire a metals and chemicals processing technology business from Metso
MAIRE S.p.A.(Milan, Italy; www.groupmaire.com) announces that its sustainable technology subsidiary Nextchem (www.nextchem.com) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire from Metso Corporation (Espoo, Finland; www.metso.com) a metals and chemicals processing technology business, including the fluidized-bed roasting, and metallurgical off-gas…
thyssenkrupp nucera commissions chlor-alkali plant for Kutch Chemical in India
thyssenkrupp nucera (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-nucera.com) has successfully commissioned a major chlor-alkali plant for Kutch Chemical Industries Limited in Padana, Gujarat, India. The plant has an annual production capacity of 220,000 metric tons of caustic soda (NaOH). With a production capacity…
PeroCycle announces MoU to develop CO2-to-CO pilot reactor in U.K.
University of Birmingham (www.birmingham.ac.uk) spin-out PeroCycle Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K.; www.perocycle.com) has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Glass Futures Ltd to develop a scaling platform for technology that could cut carbon emissions from foundational industries, including steelmaking, by up…
Asahi Kasei signs MoU with Power to Hydrogen to accelerate commercialization of AEM water electrolysis
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.com), a diversified global company, and U.S.-based Power to Hydrogen (P2H2; www.power-h2.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate manufacturing scale-up and commercialization of water electrolysis systems utilizing anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology to…
Chemours launches liquid-cooling brand for AI data-center market
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com), today launched FaizeonTM two-phase liquid cooling solutions for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and high-density data centers. The portfolio includes dielectric fluids engineered for both two-phase direct-to-chip and two-phase immersion cooling, giving data…
Evonik to expand silicone platform at Germany site
Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has invested €52 million in expanding its silicone platform at the Essen Goldschmidtstrasse site in Germany. The investment included the construction of a new production plant and a large tank farm. The new facility increases production…
Business News: November 2026
Plant Watch MOL Group opens first biomethane plant in Szarvas, Hungary October 14, 2026 — MOL Group Plc. (Budapest, Hungary; molgroup.info) inaugurated its first biomethane plant in Szarvas, Hungary. As a result of the investment of more than HUF 2.7…