Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam) is investing €50 million to upgrade its Waukegan, Illinois, facility in the US – the company’s biggest aerospace coatings production site. As well as increasing capacity, installing new machinery and introducing more automated processes, the two-phase…
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics business, a leading and fast-growing global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. The acquisition extends Ecolab’s scope along the entire artificial intelligence…
AFRY AB (Stockholm, Sweden) will carry out detailed design for Kemira’s new activated carbon plant in Helsingborg, Sweden. The project aims to meet the growing demand for sustainable water treatment solutions. Activated carbon is a byproduct from industrial processes such…
Syensqo’s manufacturing site in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, has obtained ISCC PLUS mass balance certification for a key Rhodasurf® laundry care surfactant produced at its on-pipe ethoxylation1 facilities. The certification confirms that the site has a third-party-validated process in place, known as…
Orbia Advance Corporation S.A.B. de C.V. Fluor & Energy Materials announced it has completed the expansion of its Custom Electrolyte facility for lithium-ion and other battery chemistries in Madison, Wisconsin, increasing the site production capacity by roughly 300%. The second…
ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) has been selected by Vulcan Energy to deliver the complete electrical infrastructure for its Phase One Lionheart Project in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany. Combining renewable energy generation with lithium extraction and processing, the development will…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Catexel have signed an agreement on the sale of BASF’s optical brightening agent business. Optical brightening agents are ingredients in laundry detergent formulations. The business is currently part of BASF’s Care Chemicals division. Financial details…
Samsung E&A (Seoul, South Korea) has secured a contract for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in the United States, marking its full-scale entry into the global clean energy market. SAMSUNG E&A announced…
INEOS Ltd. (London) announced a major £150 million investment to underpin the long-term future of its Grangemouth site in Scotland, one of the U.K.’s most important industrial assets and a critical hub for the nation’s manufacturing and energy sectors. Supported…
Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced that it sold its La Grande, Oregon manufacturing site to long-standing customer, Kronospan. This transaction is a strategic step that advances both Kronospan’s business and Hexion’s portfolio refinement activities. It also reflects a shared commitment…