Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) has announced plans to divest operations related to UV-based water treatment and ballast water treatment run by Calgon Carbon Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary based in the United States. The divested operations will be transferred to De…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.) has licensed its GENO BDO biomanufacturing process technology to Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.), which is using it in its newly-announced joint venture with HELM, Qore, to produce renewable 1,4-butanediol (BDO). The technology for the BDO production…
Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) has entered into an agreement with the Klesch Group for the sale of its petroleum refining business in Denmark. The agreement covers the Equinor Refining Denmark A/S (ERD) company consisting of the Kalundborg refinery and…
OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) and MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) announced an agreement for MOL Group to acquire OMV Slovenia. The agreement encompasses 120 filling stations, as well as OMV’s wholesale business in Slovenia. The transaction is subject to required regulatory…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the successful startup of Ulsan PP Co., Ltd.’s polypropylene production facility. The facility, located in the southeastern port city of Ulsan, South Korea, is one of the largest of its kind in Asia, designed to…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC to sell the rubber additives (including Crystex insoluble sulfur and Santoflex antidegradants) and other product lines and related assets and technology of…
Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) has expanded production capacity for HiDura long-chain polyamides in its Greenwood, S.C., plant. The multi-million-dollar expansion will help the company meet growing demand for its new product line. Launched in Nov. 2020, Ascend’s HiDura PA610 and…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced plans to build an integrated methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) distillation and prepolymers facility at its world-scale manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas. This investment supports increasing demand for downstream polyurethane systems products and advances Dow’s leading positions…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced the expansion of its Life Sciences manufacturing facilities located in Billerica, Mass.; Bloomington, Minn.; and Logan, Utah. The expansions are part of Entegris’ capital expenditures plan to invest approximately $30 million in life sciences capacity…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) announced the launch of a new global innovation center, adding to the company's growing network of innovation and technical support facilities around the world. The Atlanta, Georgia-based innovation center is designed as an open, collaborative space…