Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) and Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced that Anqing Shuguang Petrochemical Oxo Co., Ltd. (Anqing), has licensed LP Oxo Technology to produce approximately 200,000 ton/yr of 2-ethylhexanol and 25,000 ton/yr iso-butyraldehdye. This license, the second LP Oxo…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ADOB Fertilizers, a leading supplier of chelated micronutrients, foliars and other specialty fertilizers located in Poland. The acquisition will enable Nouryon to expand its product portfolio and broaden…
The Coating Additives business line of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is increasing capacities of two additive product groups for architectural paints: TEGO Phobe hydrophobing agents and TEGO Viscoplus polyurethane thickeners. The new capacities will be available beginning in October.…
Technip Energies (Paris) and MetGen Oy announced a collaboration for the industrialization of METNIN technology for the valorization of lignin. Lignin is a high-volume waste stream of biorefineries that is currently burned. METNIN is an enzymatic process technology that enables…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) and Ferroglobe PLC (London) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop high-silicon anode solutions for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Rapid global growth of the EV market, the need for more sustainable and higher energy…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. selected its Novolen PP technology for a new unit in Shandong Province, China. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for the PP unit as well as basic design engineering, training…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) is boosting its previously announced global Pebax elastomer capacity expansion at its Serquigny, France site from +25% to +40% in two separate phases, firstly in Q1 2023 by raising global capacity by 15%, the additional 25%…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) and YILDIRIM Group’s YILFERT Holding signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Borealis’ shares in fertilizer business Rosier SA. The offer values the business (enterprise value) at €35 million, resulting in a valuation of roughly…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has now obtained approvals from all relevant competition authorities for its acquisition of GCP Applied Technologies Inc., a major global player in construction chemicals, announced on December 6, 2021. The acquisition will close on September 27, 2022.…
Technip Energies (Paris) has reached an agreement with INEOS Acetyls as their sole supplier of early engineering services in support of the deployment and application of INEOS Acetyls CATIVA technology. This agreement continues Technip Energies long lasting involvement in supporting…