Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the grand opening of its new CATOFIN catalyst production site in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. Investing in innovations such as CATOFIN is a core element of Clariant’s new purpose-led strategy, as expressed in the statement…
EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) in the U.S. and Canada, announced an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support expansion plans at its semiconductor manufacturing site in Hometown. This expansion is part of the…
Chemetics, the technology and solutions provider for sulfuric acid and other specialty chemical facilities of Worley (North Sydney, Australia), has been awarded a contract to install its CORE-SO2 sulfuric acid technology at Arafura Rare Earths Ltd.’s Nolans Project in Australia.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atlas Agro AG to license KBR’s innovative K-GreeN technology for Atlas’ planned investment in a series of green nitrate plants. Under the terms of the MoU,…
TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) has accepted an offer from Pacific Avenue Capital Partners for the acquisition of three product lines (Wingtack, PolyBD and Dymalink) developed by Cray Valley, its resin production and sales affiliate. The transaction includes four production sites…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) is partnering with PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) and Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) to open a manufacturing plant under the name of Kuraray GC Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. and Kuraray Advanced Chemicals (Thailand) Limited. This manufacturing plant…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it will build, own, and operate two nitrogen plants in Penang’s Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone and Batu Kawan Industrial Park. The company will also further extend its pipeline network in both areas. This…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is selling its site in Lülsdorf (Germany) and the associated cyanuric chloride business in Wesseling (Germany) to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG, Luxembourg). The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Lülsdorf is…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni’s chemical company and 36% shareholder of Novamont, and Mater-Bi, a subsidiary of Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance, shareholder of Novamont’s remaining 64%, announce exclusive negotiations to finalize the acquisition by Versalis of Novamont’s…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its land, buildings and equipment in Matamoros, Mexico to Plaskolite. The transaction is expected to close within the next several weeks. In December 2022, Trinseo announced the consolidation…