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Johnson Matthey announces U.K. consortium to develop prototype solid-state batteries

A consortium of seven U.K.-based organizations — Johnson Matthey, Faraday Institution, Britishvolt, Oxford University, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, Emerson & Renwick and University of Warwick — has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state…

Simulation software specialist Chemstations acquired by Datacor

Chemstations (Houston), a leader in process simulation software serving the process industries, announced its acquisition by Datacor, a leading provider of process manufacturing and chemical distribution software. Datacor sells, supports, and develops Datacor ERP (formerly Chempax), the only ERP software…

Grace licenses Unipol PP technology to GAIL India

W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL®PP Process Technology to GAIL India Ltd. for a new polypropylene (PP) plant. The plant will designed…

Evonik establishes standalone company for superabsorbent materials

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has established its former Baby Care Business Line as an independent company. Evonik Superabsorber GmbH in Germany, and Evonik Superabsorber LLC in the USA, took over the business on July 1, 2021. The new companies…

Doosan wins sewage treatment contract in the U.K.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) announced that its U.K. subsidiary Doosan Enpure has recently been awarded the contract for the Guildford Sewage Treatment Works Relocation project by Thames Water, UK’s largest water and wastewater services company. Doosan…

Toyo awarded polypropylene plant project in Japan

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Tokyo) has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo). TOYO will carry out…

Toray adds ABS production capacity with new plant in Malaysia

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has boosted Toray Group’s worldwide production and distribution capacities of its TOYOLAC Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) resin transparent grade, through its latest facilities set up at Prai Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia. The plant set up…

Process heater manufacturer expands with new office facility

Process heater manufacturer Exotherm Corp. has moved to a new office located in Magnolia, Texas. This new office location has increased the company's office space from 4,500 sq feet to 7,200 sq feet with the ability to expand further to…

Indorama to acquire Oxiteno for $1.3 billion

Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced plans to acquire a 100% equity stake in Oxiteno S.A. – Indústria e Comércio (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and its affiliates. IVL, through affiliates incorporated in Brazil and Spain, signed a Share Purchase…

KBR to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy from Babcock International

KBR, Inc. (Houston) has entered into a definitive agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd., a leading provider of systems engineering, assurance and technology advisory services, for approximately $400 million in cash. Frazer-Nash delivers high-end systems…