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Trelleborg Medical Solutions opens new manuacturing facility in Costa Rica

Trelleborg Medical Solutions announced the opening of its new 107,600-ft2 (10,000-m2) manufacturing facility in Costa Rica’s Evolution Free Zone Industrial Park. As the company’s first facility in Central America, it will facilitate supply chain continuity through a global manufacturing and…

Air Products and Yara in advanced negotiations to partner on low-emission ammonia projects

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) are working to combine Air Products’ industrial gas capabilities and low-emission hydrogen with Yara’s clean ammonia production and distribution network via two world-scale projects. Louisiana Clean Energy Complex: Air…

SOCMA names new president and CEO

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA; Arlington, Va.) announced that Jenn Klein, an accomplished association executive with more than 25 years of government affairs and industry leadership experience, has been selected as the organization’s next President & Chief…

Air Liquide announces €25-million investment to expand ASU in Yulin, China

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will invest approximately €25 million  to revamp its Air Separation Unit (ASU) in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, a key industrial hub in China. As part of a contract extension with a subsidiary of the Yanchang Group, this…

Thermo Fisher Scientific expands bioprocessing capabilities in India, Korea and Singapore

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced an expansion of its bioprocessing capabilities across Asia, reinforcing its commitment to supporting the region’s rapidly growing biopharmaceutical industry. The company is introducing a new Bioprocess Design Center in Hyderabad, India, and has…

Hexion sells U.S. Gulf Coast formalin business to Ancala

Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced that it has sold its U.S. Gulf Coast formalin business to Ancala, a leading independent infrastructure manager. The sale includes facilities in Baytown, Texas; Luling, Louisiana; and Geismar, Louisiana, along with associated multi-year customer contracts.…

Arkema and Semcorp sign a strategic partnership in battery separators

Arkema S.A. (Paris La Defense) and Semcorp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating innovation in battery separator technologies and supporting Semcorp in its international expansion. As part of this strategic partnership,…

Stepan sells manufacturing assets in Louisiana

Stepan Co. (Northbrook, Ill.) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its manufacturing assets located in Lake Providence, LA to an undisclosed buyer. This transaction follows Stepan's most recent divestiture of its plant in the Philippines, representing…

Arkema achieves ISCC+ certification at polyester resins plant in Italy

Arkema S.A. (Paris La Defense) has achieved ISCC PLUS certification of its specialty polyester resins in Gissi, Italy – in line with Arkema’s global Mass Balance roadmap. This supports customers as they implement more sustainable solutions for polyurethane systems in…

Solstice Advanced Materials breaks ground on $200-million capacity expansion in Washington

Solstice Advanced Materials, a pure-play specialty materials company (formerly part of Honeywell), announced it has broken ground on a $200 million investment to expand and modernize its electronic materials facility in Spokane Valley, Washington. By the end of 2029, the…