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Thermo Fisher Scientific to acquire Solventum’s Purification & Filtration business

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement with Solventum  to acquire Solventum’s Purification & Filtration business for approximately $4.1 billion in cash. Solventum’s Purification & Filtration business is a leading provider…

Evertis announces $100-million investment in new production plant in South Carolina

Evertis Packaging Solutions (Portalegre, Portugal), the world’s largest PET multilayer film supplier for the food industry, unveiled plans to build a new leading edge production plant in Columbia, SC. With a total investment of $100 million, the new facility is…

Ruland celebrates 25 years of process engineering expertise

Ruland Engineering & Consulting GmbH (Neustadt, Germany) has been planning and building process systems for the production of liquid products since 2000. What began with just seven employees has developed into an international company with 320 employees and 5 locations.…

Johnson Matthey launches new catalyst-testing units for FCC additives

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) officially unveiled its state-of-the-art Advanced Cracking Evaluation (ACE) units and associated equipment acquired last year from Kayser Technology Inc., a leader in catalyst and additive testing. This multi-million-dollar investment is aimed at enhancing JM’s innovation…

Arkema to expand PVDF production plant in Kentucky

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has decided to increase its polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) capacity by 15% in North America. This capacity expansion of Arkema’s PVDF production site in Calvert City, Kentucky, represents an investment of around $20 million and is aligned…

LG Chem joins forces with HL Mando to develop new adhesive products

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will collaborate with HL Mando, a leading Korean automotive parts maker, to co-develop adhesives for automotive electronic components. This move aims to expand LG Chem's presence in the automotive adhesive market.…

Air Products to exit three U.S.-based projects in California, New York and Texas

As part of a review initiated by Air Products’ (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) newly-elected Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, the Company announced its decision to exit three projects in the U.S. As a result, Air Products expects to record…

Akzo Nobel to acquire powder coatings assets from its subsidiary in India

Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has confirmed that it has made an offer to acquire the Powder Coatings operations and International Research Center from its publicly listed subsidiary, Akzo Nobel India Ltd. The offer also includes transferring the intellectual…

BASF breaks ground for new microcellular polyurethane plant in India

BASF India Ltd. has broken ground on a new plant to increase the production capacity of its Cellasto microcellular polyurethane (MCU) in Dahej, India.  The plant, expected to be operational in the second half of 2026, features a new mold…

Syensqo and Emulseo announce strategic partnership for advanced microfluidics applications

Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced a strategic partnership with Emulseo, a French company specialized in formulations for microfluidic technology - the manipulation of liquids at microscopic scale. Under this agreement, Emulseo will include Syensqo's advanced solution, Galden® PFPE in its…