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Solstice Advanced Materials completes stannous fluoride capacity expansion in Germany

Solstice Advanced Materials (Morris Plains, N.J.) has significantly strengthened its position in the global-oral care supply chain with the recent completion of a €5.5 million expansion of its stannous fluoride (SnF₂) manufacturing facility in Seelze, Germany. The expansion increases Solstice’s…

Metso to build gold processing plant for Maaden in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has commissioned Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) to supply a gold processing plant for their Ar Rjum mine located in the Makkah Region, approximately 200 km northeast of Ta’if, Ar Rjum in Saudi Arabia. The order…

Kemira is evaluating industrial application of Hazer’s methane pyrolysis technology

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and Hazer Group Ltd. (Perth, Australia) have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to evaluate and explore commercial opportunities for deployment of Hazer’s proprietary methane pyrolysis technology. Under the MOU Hazer and Kemira will collaborate…

Wood awarded contract for Niron’s first-of-a-kind iron nitride magnet facility

Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has secured the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for Niron Magnetics’ Plant 1 in Sartell, Minnesota, the world's first full-scale Iron Nitride permanent magnet facility. This groundbreaking plant will manufacture 1,500 tons of Iron…

Thermo Fisher Scientific and NVIDIA collaborating to scale AI-based laboratory automation

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to power AI-based solutions and laboratory automation at scale. The effort will leverage the NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform and Thermo Fisher Scientific solutions to progressively increase the…

Siemens bolsters electronics engineering portfolio with acquisition of ASTER Technologies

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) announced it has acquired ASTER Technologies, a privately held market leader in printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) test verification and engineering software. This strategic move integrates ASTER's advanced "shift-left" design for test (DFT) functionality directly into…

HF Sinclair closes acquisition of Industrial Oils Unlimited

HF Sinclair Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) has closed its previously announced acquisition of Industrial Oils Unlimited, LLC (IOU), a leader in industrial lubricants and specialty fluids. The transaction closed on January 8, 2026, following satisfaction of all requisite closing conditions. IOU,…

GEA to deliver biomass fermentation lines for food-technology pilot plant in the Netherlands

GEA AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has been selected to deliver and commission a precision and biomass fermentation upscaling line for Biotechnology Fermentation Factory (BFF), an open-access site on the NIZO Food Innovation Campus in Ede, Netherlands. The facility gives food and…

Solstice investing $220 million to expand fiber production facility in Virginia

Solstice Advanced Materials (formerly part of Honeywell) announced plans to invest more than $220 million in multiple projects to expand production at its existing ballistic fiber manufacturing facility in Colonial Heights, Chesterfield County, Virginia, which is also expected to create…

Nextchem awarded two new contracts in China’s fertilizer industry

MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that NEXTCHEM, through its nitrogen technology licensor Stamicarbon, has been awarded two contracts in China, leveraging its proprietary technology portfolio and reinforcing its commitment to delivering practical, efficiency-driven solutions to meet the evolving needs of the…