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Air Liquide makes $170 million investment in SK hynix semiconductor fab in Indiana

As part of a long-term contract, Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will build, own and operate two new production units in Indiana to deliver ultra-pure gases to the first U.S. semiconductor fab of SK hynix, a South Korean global leader in…

Yara to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia facility in Texas

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Yara North America, Inc., has reached an agreement to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia’s (GCA) ammonia production facility in Texas City, Texas from GCA Holdings LLC, affiliated with Lotus Infrastructure Partners and…

Axens to acquire Air Liquide’s methanol-to-olefins technology portfolio

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that it has signed an agreement with Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) to acquire its Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) technology portfolio, including the Lurgi Methanol-to-Propylene™ technology. This addition expands Axens’ SAF portfolio through Axens’ Jetanol® process chain, offering its…

Covestro acquires Vencorex chemical plants in Thailand and Texas

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) completed the acquisition of two former Vencorex production sites for hexamethylene dissocyanate (HDI). derivatives in Rayong, Thailand, and Freeport, Texas, USA. With the acquisition, Covestro expands its production footprint for HDI derivatives and reaffirms its commitment…

Messer completes strategic acquisitions in Malaysia and Singapore

Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares in WKS Group (Singapore and Malaysia), in Wipco (Malaysia) and the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Kobewel…

Lonza to expand HPAPI manufacturing capacity at Visp site

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to enhance its drug-linker center of excellence and expand payload-linker manufacturing capacity at its Visp site. The expansion will establish new commercial-scale capabilities for the manufacture of highly complex and highly potent active pharmaceutical…

Schneider Electric to acquire AI firm Cognite for $3.1 billion

Schneider Electric SE (Paris) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Cognite Holding (Tempe, Ariz.), a leading provider of industrial data and AI software, in an all cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion. Industrial…

Lithium Hydroxide Production: How Does Electrolysis Stack Up on Cost?

The growing demand for lithium, driven by the rapid expansion of electric vehicles and energy storage systems, has intensified interest in more sustainable and economically viable refining technologies that permit domestic refining capacity. Electrolysis-based lithium refining presents a promising alternative…

New Technologies Optimize Mixing Processes

Advanced designs and controls achieve complete mixing while reducing batch times In the chemical process industries (CPI), mixing is about more than simply combining raw materials. It plays a central role in product quality and process efficiency, but it is…

Facts At Your Fingertips: Particle Stress and Feed Requirements for Impact Milling

The chemical process industries (CPI) include many applications of impact comminution to process solid matter, such as minerals, chemical products, foods and pharmaceutical products. This one-page reference discusses conditions for particle fracture and feed characteristics in industrial milling equipment. Particle…