KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to implement its market-leading supercritical solvent deasphalting (SDA) technology, ROSE, at HPCL's Mumbai Refinery. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has been awarded an order for key concentrator plant equipment by Zijin Mining Group for their Julong copper project in the Tibetan Autonomous region. The value of the order is approximately EUR 85 million, of which…
American Carbonyl, LLC announced the acquisition of Ashland Global Holdings Inc.’s (Wilmington, Del.) Carbonyl Iron Manufacturing assets and business lines. With this acquisition, American Carbonyl continues a long history of manufacturing Carbonyl Iron Micropowders and Iron Pentacarbonyl at the historic…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and Texplore Co., Ltd. (Texplore), a wholly owned subsidiary of SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand), announced a commercial cooperation agreement to license and market EXCENE, Texplore's high-density polyethylene (HDPE) technology. Leadership from both companies recently participated…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) has acquired 100% of the shares of contract manufacturing company (CMO) ADL BioPharma. The shares were purchased from Kartesia, a financial investor with whom WACKER signed a corresponding agreement finalizing the transaction last week. Following…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced the closing of the divestment of most of its colorants business to ChromaScape. Kemira signed a definitive agreement to sell its colorants dye business to US-based ChromaScape, LLC in September 2022. The revenue of the…
OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) has successfully started up its new pilot plant for esters in Oberhausen, Germany. This state-of-the-art test facility enables the company to manufacture small quantities of esters that are tailored to customer needs for…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has completed the acquisition of MBCC Group (Mannheim, Germany), the former BASF Construction Chemicals, after having received all necessary regulatory approvals. With this highly complementary transaction, Sika strengthens its footprint across all regions, reinforces its range…
Merck has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), and Daejeon City for a new Asia-Pacific BioProcessing Center, aimed at supporting the region's healthcare ecosystem. The planned bioprocessing facility would support…
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) opened its newest customer application R&D laboratories and packaging center of excellence in Mönchengladbach, Germany. The new international technical facility will help drive more sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries and consumer paper packaging. The labs are equipped…