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Henkel completes new adhesives plant in India

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) announced that Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Ltd. (Henkel India) has completed Phase III of its manufacturing facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune, Maharashtra. The Kurkumbh site, which was launched in 2020, serves the growing demand of Indian…

Trelleborg Group to construct new production plant in North Carolina

Trelleborg Group AB (Trelleborg, Sweden) has decided to invest in a new production facility to expand its business for engineered coated fabrics in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. The establishment will primarily aim to strengthen Trelleborg's leading positions in aircraft escape slides,…

Aramco to acquire 50% stake in Air Products Qudra’s Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company

 Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) has signed definitive agreements to acquire an equity interest in the Jubail-based Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Products Qudra (APQ). The transaction, which is subject to standard closing conditions, will…

Rock Tech selects Worley as its EPCM partner for lithium conversion project in Germany

Rock Tech Lithium Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada) is pleased to announce that it has selected leading global professional services company Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia) as its preferred engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) partner for the construction of Europe's…

Veolia unveils $40-million upgrade to California’s Richmond Water Pollution Control Plant

Veolia North America has unveiled major upgrades to the Richmond Water Pollution Control Plant to the public, showcasing the results of a three-year, $40 million construction project that will improve wastewater treatment, environmental compliance and odor control for the city…

PyroGenesis Canada signs letter of intent with Evonik related to silica production in North America

PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes, announced the signing by HPQ Silica Polvere Inc. of a letter of intent (LOI) with Evonik Corp., a global specialty chemicals company that manufactures a wide…

BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions breaks ground in Germany on new plant for electrolyzer and fuel-cell components

BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) commenced construction of its first state-of-the-art production facility for green hydrogen and fuel-cell components in Budenheim, Germany, near Frankfurt. The products produced at this site will include newly developed low-iridium-loaded catalyst coated membranes…

Global Bioenergies announces process technology for conversion of acetic acid to e-SAF

Global Bioenergies (Evry, France) announced that it has adapted its process for the conversion of plant resources into Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) to produce e-SAF, using acetic acid as a resource. e-SAFs are derived from the combination of CO2 and…

Thermo Fisher Scientific completes acquisition of proteomics solutions provider Olink

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Olink Holding AB (Uppsala, Sweden), a leading provider of next-generation proteomics solutions. The transaction values Olink at approximately $3.1 billion, net of $96 million of acquired…

Elementis opens sustainable coatings production plant in China

Elementis plc (London) has  announced a significant development to the coatings industry with the expansion of its NiSAT (Non-Ionic Synthetic Associative Thickeners) technology production in China. This strategic initiative is set to deliver performance and eco-friendly features to the Chinese…