DuPont Water Solutions, a DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) business, announced a major transformation of the OxyMem Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) at its manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland. The investment in the facilities and employees at the Athlone…
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. has completed the sale of its Old Baptist Road (OBR) plant building and assets to Trico Specialty Films of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, an affiliate of Arlin Mfg. Co., Inc., of Lowell, Massachusetts. The business was…
Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Cinven (London) have entered into a definitive agreement regarding the sale of Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business for a purchase price of $2.6 billion (2.4 billion euros). “This divestment represents a very attractive purchase price…
Hexpol AB (Malmö, Sweden) has signed an agreement to acquire 70% of the shares in almaak International GmbH, a specialist in recycled engineered polymer compounds based in Krefeld, Germany. The company is engaged in the refinement of plastic raw materials…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.), together with their regional partner Saudi Arabian Refrigerant Gases Company of Saudi Arabia (SARGAS) — an affiliated company of Abdullah Hashim Gases and Equipment, Air Products’ longstanding industrial gas joint venture in the Kingdom of…
Accoya USA, LLC (Accoya USA), a joint venture between Accsys Technologies PLC (London) and Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, Tenn.), announced that work will begin shortly to start construction of a new Accoya wood production facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA, as…
Tessenderlo Group (Brussels, Belgium) announced that it plans to construct a new production line for organic fertilizers in Vénérolles (Aisne, France). The new line will focus on the production of organic pellets for its Violleau business unit, responding to the…
BASF India Ltd. will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide grades to meet increasing market demand. The increased capacity at BASF’s production site in Panoli, Gujarat, will be available in Q4 2022. “The additional capacity reaffirms our dedication…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has boosted its supply of plant-derived cholesterol, one of the most critical components for the manufacture of mRNA vaccines and gene therapies. The large-scale production of PhytoChol in Hanau, Germany, will meet an increased market…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement with Proman AG (Wollerau, Switzerland), one of the world’s leading producers of methanol, to develop the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first world-scale methanol production facility at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone…