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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…

Haldor Topsoe technology selected for Seaboard Energy renewable-fuels plant in Kansas

Seaboard Energy has chosen Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) HydroFlex renewable fuel technology to produce clean renewable diesel from tallow and soybean oil. The 6,500 barrels-per-day renewable diesel unit is currently under construction at Seaboard Energy’s site in Hugoton, Kansas,…

PPG completes $13-million expansion of Jiading coatings plant

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the completion of a $13 million investment (approximately RMB 84 million) in its Jiading, China paint and coatings facility, including eight new powder coating production lines and an expanded Powder Coatings Technology Center that will further…

Worley wins FEED contract for Liquid Wind eMethanol facility

Liquid Wind (Gothenburg, Sweden) has announced that Worley (North Sydney, Australia)  will provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the eMethanol facility which will be constructed in Örnsköldsvik, on the north-east coast of Sweden. They will support the Liquid Wind Consortium to…

Eramet confirms successful lithium extraction from geothermal brine in France

Eramet Group (Paris, France), in partnership with Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS), has succeeded in extracting lithium from geothermal brine during pilot-scale tests conducted early 2021 at the Rittershoffen geothermal power plant (northern Alsace, France), which has been operated by ÉS…