Nippon Shokubai Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) reached an agreement with JSR Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) to acquire the shares of Emulsion Technology Co. (E-TEC). E-TEC was founded as a subsidiary of JSR in 1963. Focused on emulsion processes and products, E-TEC manufactures…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced it will invest in additional bioconjugation capabilities in Visp, Switzerland. The expansion will add two multipurpose 1,200L manufacturing suites and manufacturing-related infrastructure to the existing bioconjugation facility in Visp for launch and commercial supply.…
BASF SE (Lugwigshafen, Germany) announced that it will invest in additional production capacity for its X3D technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. The plant will produce catalysts on an industrial scale and is expected…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it has completed the capacity expansion for organic peroxides at its manufacturing facility in Ningbo, China. The expansion has doubled the annual production capacity to 6,000 tons each of Perkadox 14 and Trigonox 101…
Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany), Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Quad Industries (Niklaas, Belgium) have announced a partnership in the field of printed electronics. By joining forces and combining their different areas of expertise the companies aim to accelerate customer developments…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) announced that it is leading the H2togreenceramics project: Applied research for the generation of alkaline electrolyzers that allow the decarbonization of the ceramic cluster in the Valencian Community (Spain), to promote decarbonization in the…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has broken ground on its plant expansion for specialty amines in Nanjing, during a ceremony attended by Nanjing government delegates on November 8. This milestone underscores Evonik's commitment to the development of the polyurethane and…
BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) opened a new laboratory in Hannover, Germany, dedicated to advancing research on anode and cathode platinum group metal (PGM)-containing catalysts and components. ECMS will apply its deep expertise in catalysis and precious metals…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) is expanding its storage capacity in Scandinavia for the use of recycled mono-propylene glycol (MPG), used in its aircraft deicing fluids. Two new storage tanks and a truck unloading station have been installed at the company’s…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced the official launch of its new $170-million resin manufacturing facility in Singapore, marking the company’s first advanced specialty chemical manufacturing facility in the region producing the high-performance thermoplastic, ULTEM resin. The new facility is a…