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Honeywell UOP to provide cryogenic gas-processing plant to Navitas Midstream Partners

Honeywell announced that Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.) has purchased a 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day gas processing plant from Honeywell UOP to extract natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas produced in several counties in the Permian Basin. Honeywell's solution includes design and supply…

Saint-Gobain starts production at new plaster plant in China

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) announced the launch of the production of a new plaster plant in China, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, serving the local construction market. With an annual capacity of 350,000 tons, the new site complies with the highest standards…

thyssenkrupp Steel and TSR to test recycling of scrap materials in blast furnace

Recycling company TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG and thyssenkrupp Steel will enter into cooperation based on an innovative production process developed by TSR, in which a high-quality recycling product is made from common recovered scrap. The process is to…

DuPont invests in capacity growth at manufacturing sites in Germany and Switzerland

DuPont Mobility & Materials announced it is investing $5 million in capital and operating resources at its manufacturing facilities in Germany and Switzerland to increase capacity for its high-performance automotive adhesives. The investment will expand capacity to support growing demand…

FTC’s Invicta filtration technology wins AFS honor

Filtration Technology Corp.’s (FTC; Houston) Invicta technology has been awarded 2020 New Product of the Year by the American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) during their annual conference, FiltCon 2o21. As described in the conference, Invicta technology is a novel…

Saint-Gobain to acquire Romanian adhesives specialist Duraziv

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Duraziv, a Romanian group specialized in the production of adhesives and other value-added construction chemicals solutions. This acquisition will allow Saint-Gobain to expand its range of interior and exterior…

Hexcel to build advanced composites center in Utah

Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.) plans to build a flagship Center of Excellence for Research & Technology (R&T) to support next-generation developments in advanced composites technologies in Utah, adding up to 150 new high-paying jobs in the next 12 years. “We…

Veolia and Suez approve agreement to combine

Veolia Environnement SA and Suez (Both Paris, France) announced that they have signed a Combination Agreement, confirming the terms of the agreement in principle to merge concluded on 11 April, following approval by their respective Boards of Directors. This agreement:…

Arkema’s Bostik business acquires Texas-based adhesives manufacturer

Arkema (Colombes, France) announced that its Bostik business will expand its offerings in high performance adhesives in the United States with the planned acquisition of Edge Adhesives Texas, a complementary asset in hot-melt adhesives and pressure sensitive adhesive tapes for…

Nano One enters co-development agreement with niobium producer CBBM

Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has entered into an advanced lithium-ion battery cathode materials coating development agreement with CBMM, a global leader in the production and commercialization of niobium products and technologies. The objective of the agreement is…