Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) and ink and coating manufacturer Siegwerk (Siegburg, Germany) announced a collaboration to supply more sustainable solutions in the printing ink value chain through utilizing bio-based ethyl acetate manufactured by Celanese. The ethyl acetate produced by Celanese…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) and Grasim Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India) have inaugurated a state-of-art Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) resin manufacturing facility’s Phase 1 annual production capacity of 50,000 metric tons at Grasim’s Chlor alkali complex in Vilayat, Gujarat, India.…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced it has acquired the brand and certain assets related to the Jarylec™ dielectric fluids business from Arkema S.A. (Paris la Defense, France). The acquisition includes key trademarks, customer list, technical documentation and intellectual property…
Olin Corp. (Clayton, Mo.) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals to create a leading North American chemicals company. The transaction is expected to generate…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that a MemCor™ membrane bioreactor (MBR) system has been selected as part of the next phase of upgrades at the Riverstone Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) in Sydney, Australia, marking a significant wastewater infrastructure investment in…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has signed a binding agreement for the sale of its specialist distribution business in Sweden, Norway and Denmark under the main brand Dahl to Kesko – a leading Northern European trading sector company. With sales of…
Schneider Electric (Paris) and Canadian rare-earths specialist Torngat Metals announced the signature of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a strategic industrial partnership to support the development of a resilient and responsible rare-earth value chain. The partnership is…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has successfully produced its first kilograms of neodymium/praseodymium (Nd/Pr) oxide meeting commercial purity and specifications, thus marking a significant technological advance in the strategic rare earths market. Nd/Pr oxide is a critical component in…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that its U.S.-based healthcare manufacturing operations are now powered by 100 percent renewable electricity through the purchase of additional Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This milestone supports DuPont’s 2035 Sustainability Goals and its ambition to achieve net-zero…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) announced the start-up of its first industrial-scale pilot unit specifically designed for the cement sector, based on its Cryocap™ proprietary technology. This pilot is located at the CaptureLab launched by Holcim (Zug, Switzerland) and is…