As demand for bio-based industrial solutions continues to grow, Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) has entered into an agreement to acquire Arkema’s (Colombes, France) epoxides business, which includes a facility located in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. After closing, the investment will give…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for strategic collaboration for the development of polyurethane dispersions (PUDs). The two parties aim to jointly develop and produce innovative products with strong sustainability…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni’s chemical company, announced that it has exercised the call option to buy the remaining 60% of the shares of the Marche-region-based industrial group Finproject, an Italian leader in the compounding sector and in the…
Kraton Corp. (Houston) announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which DL Chemical Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea), a subsidiary of DL Holdings Co., Ltd. (formerly Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.), will acquire 100% of Kraton…
Today, GTI (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.gti.energy) launched Veritas: a GTI Differentiated Gas Measurement and Verification Initiative to accelerate actions that reduce methane leakage from natural gas systems. The effort brings together scientists, academics, environmental organizations, certification organizations, and industry participants…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC and its affiliate, Danisco US Inc., to acquire certain patents, leaving Gevo as the only entity with full rights to sublicense the entire Gevo/Butamax…
Univar Solutions Inc. (Downers Grove, Ill.), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, announced a new agreement with Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark), expanding its relationship to include biological solutions for for waste and wastewater treatment in…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Zhangzhou CHIMEI Chemical Co., a subsidiary of CHIMEI Corp. of Taiwan, for a grassroots diphenyl carbonate (DPC) plant in Fujian Province, China. Zhangzhou CHIMEI will build a new…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has opened a second production line for silica-based effect pigments in Gernsheim, Germany. Around 750 employees work at this site, which is home Merck’s largest pigment production facility worldwide. With this investment, Merck will significantly increase…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Chevron Lummus Global LLC, (CLG) announced the execution of a Joint Cooperation and Licensing Agreement for a complete suite of residue hydrocracking solutions. This will include Eni's EST (Eni Slurry Technology) and LC-FINING, LC-MAX, LC-SLURRY…