Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) unveils the successful construction of its new Advanced Materials manufacturing plant in Taichung City, Taiwan. Already present in this key innovative market with 54 facilities dedicated to the semiconductor industry in Taiwan, this is the first…
Cambrex (East Rutherford, N.J.), a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced the completion of initial engineering studies for its new, large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing plant in Charles City, Iowa. This milestone marks significant progress toward…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the official inauguration of its newly built, world-scale Verbund site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province in southern China. Covering an area of around four square kilometers, it is more than a major BASF project in the…
BASF Hannong Chemicals Solutions Ltd. (BHCS), the joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Hannong Chemicals, announced the inauguration of its new non-ionic surfactant (NIS) site located in the Daesan Industrial Complex in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. At the ceremony,…
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) announced the completed construction of a new production line, which is an expansion of capabilities at its flagship state-of-the-art precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. A pioneer in advanced precision fermentation technology, Amyris is adding…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) announced another milestone in the expansion of its silicone capacities in India. A new production complex for manufacturing silicone emulsions went into operation at Wacker’s Panagarh site. The facility produces GMP-certified silicones for the cosmetics…
BASF Corp. and Oxidium Technologies LLC announced an agreement under which Oxidium will acquire BASF’s Aseptrol® technology portfolio. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Originally acquired by BASF from Engelhard in 2006, the Aseptrol chlorine dioxide product line…
Datacor, Inc. (Florham Park, NJ) announced the acquisition of GoldSim Technology Group, a developer of dynamic simulation software used to model and analyze complex systems under uncertainty. The acquisition deepens Datacor's engineering simulation portfolio, which includes CHEMCAD chemical process simulation…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the grand opening of its expanded Performance Products manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, where operations were initiated at the beginning of this year. The successful completion of this investment increases Huntsman's global capacity providing…
ICL Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) announced the opening of a new specialty fertilizer production facility in Maharashtra, India. The launch comes at a critical time for India, which relies heavily on fertilizer imports and is now facing supply disruptions due…