Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has completed and opened a new production workshop in Shanghai, China, dedicated to the development and manufacturing of specialized silicones for hybrid and electric vehicles. This move further strengthens Elkem’s position as the largest silicones producer in…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has expanded its capacity for black synthetic iron-oxide pigments at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site by more than 5,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). “The increased demand from the construction industry, in particular for our unique black pigments…
Johnson Matthey (JM; London, U.K.) has secured a multiple licence win for China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group’s latest project to develop five of the largest single-train methanol plants in the world. Located at Baofeng’s Ordos City complex in Inner Mongolia,…
On 27 November 2020, the shareholders' meeting of the Netzsch Group (Waldkraiburg, Germany) approved the centralization of the facilities in Waldkraiburg. With an investment of €50 million, a new production unit will be built on Geretsrieder Straße, integrating the assembly…
SUEZ (Paris, France) announced it has completed the sale of its Recycling & Recovery operations in Sweden to PreZero, the environmental division of Schwarz Group, in accordance with the announcement of September 21, 2020. The transaction enables a solid future…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC and Axens NA Inc. successful began ongoing operations and production of 1-Butene at Raven 1-Butene, LLC, which is an asset based on Axens AlphaButol technology located in Baytown, Texas. “We are excited…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzlerand) has announced a significant investment to expand its particle engineering and drug product capabilities to meet increased market demand at its Bend, Oregon site. New suites for the development and clinical manufacture of drug product intermediates…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ennis-Flint, a global manufacturer of coatings with a broad portfolio of pavement marking products, including paint, thermoplastics and other advanced traffic technologies. The transaction, valued at approximately…
Optitune Oy (Oulu, Finland) has developed an ultra-flexible hard coating material with best-in-class optics and durability based on its proprietary siloxane-based technology. Recently, more and more top brands are introducing foldable phones based on large foldable organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) displays.…
hte GmbH – the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany) has been selected by Bechtel, a global engineering, construction, and project management company, to produce white petroleum waxes from refinery waxes in hte’s R&D pilot plant. These highly valuable products…