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DuPont opens new biopharma tubing manufacturing site in South Carolina

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the opening of its new DuPont Liveo  Healthcare manufacturing site in Cooper River, South Carolina, to help better serve customers worldwide.  The site, located in Berkeley County, will be operated using the same quality standards as DuPont’s Healthcare…

Nippon Shokubai and Arkema to launch joint production of electrolyte salts

Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan) and Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) are joining forces to launch feasibility studies and establish a joint venture (JV) for the construction of an industrial plant for the production of LiFSI (Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide) ultrapure electrolyte salts,…

Saipem and Clough awarded contract for urea plant in Western Australia

Clough Group (Perth, Australia) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy), in an equally shared (50/50) joint venture, have reached a new agreement with Perdaman Industries for the development of urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula, northwest of Karratha, on…

Johnson Matthey sells portion of its Battery Materials business to EV Metals Group

Johnson Matthey Plc (JM; London) has entered into an agreement for the sale of part of its Battery Materials business to EV Metals Group, a global battery chemicals and technology business.  The sale includes Johnson Matthey’s assets at the Battery…

Yokogawa acquires combustion and boiler specialist Dublix Technology

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has acquired all shares of Danish company Dublix Technology ApS, a provider of solutions that improve the efficiency of waste-to-energy (WTE) and biomass power plants. The addition of Dublix's combustion control and boiler…

Saint-Gobain to divest glass-processing businesses in Austria and Germany

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has entered into agreements for the sale of its glass processing businesses Eckelt Glas and Glas Ziegler in Austria to the privately-owned German group AEQUITA, as well as the sale of its holding in the co-venture Glaskontor…

Wacker to expand silicon-metal plant in Norway

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is preparing to expand its production capacity for silicon metal at Holla, Norway. The Munich-based chemical company has already started a feasibility study to this effect. The construction of a new furnace is planned, which…

Nano One to acquire Johnson Matthey’s Canadian battery-materials business

Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Johnson Matthey (JM) Battery Materials Ltd. (JMBM Canada) for approximately C$10.25 million. The acquisition is fully funded and is…

Orion Engineered Carbons to expand gas black capacities in Germany

Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023. Orion is the only carbon black producer in the industry with gas black capabilities. Gas blacks,…

Sika opens new concrete admixtures plant in Virginia

By opening a new concrete admixture production facility in Stafford, Virginia, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its production capacity in the growing Mid-Atlantic construction market. The opening of the new facility is Sika's response to high demand in…