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France’s Biotech Open Platform opens at Michelin’s Innovation Park

Two years after its creation by Danone S.A. (Paris), Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA (Clermont-Ferrand, France), DMC Biotechnologies Inc. (Boulder, Colo.), Crédit Agricole Centre France (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Clermont Auvergne Innovation S.A.S. (Aubière, France) and Greentech S.A. (Saint-Beauzire, France), Biotech…

Sherwin-Williams opens expanded paint and coatings plant in North Carolina

The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting celebrating the grand opening of its expanded architectural paint and coatings manufacturing facility in Statesville, N.C. The Statesville facility is now Sherwin-Williams' largest plant in North America. The expansion represents the…

Schneider Electric to acquire software firm PTC in $22.6-billion deal

Schneider Electric S.E. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PTC Inc. (Boston, Mass.), a provider of industrial product design, engineering and data-management software, in an all-cash deal that values PTC's equity at about $22.6 billion (€20.1 billion),…

Bayer to construct new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Ohio

Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced plans to invest $2.2 billion in a new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in New Albany, Ohio. Building on more than $7 billion in U.S. pharma R&D and manufacturing spend over the past five years, the project…

Henkel completes acquisition of Stahl Holdings, expanding into specialty coatings

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) has successfully completed the acquisition of Stahl Holdings B.V. (Waalwijk, Netherlands), a global player in high-performance specialty coatings for flexible materials. Following the fulfillment of all closing conditions, including the required regulatory approvals,…

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Axens to provide process design package for U.S. tire pyrolysis oil project

Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France)], a global leader in process technologies for refining, petrochemicals, and circular economy applications, has been selected by a U.S.-based investor and project developer to provide a Process Design Package for a hydroprocessing unit designed to process…

Arkema expands battery Center of Excellence in France with €10 million investment

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) is continuing to invest in the battery value chain and recently announced a €10 million expansion project for its Global Battery Center of Excellence located in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. This investment reflects…

Elkem invests in furnace upgrade project at Rana plant in northern Norway

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) has approved an investment of NOK 260 million to renew a furnace at Elkem Rana in Northern Norway, securing the plant's long-term production of ferrosilicon and Microsilica. The project includes replacement of one of Elkem Rana's two…

Thyssenkrupp nucera wins new chlor-alkali order in Northwest China

thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) has secured another chlor-alkali technology order in the low double-digit million-euro range in China, further strengthening its market position and expanding its installed base in Northwest China, a key hub for large-scale…