Chemical Engineering
Cambrex progresses engineering on its new pharmaceutical ingredients plant in Iowa
Cambrex (East Rutherford, N.J.), a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced the completion of initial engineering studies for its new, large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing plant in Charles City, Iowa. This milestone marks significant progress toward…
BASF inaugurates Verbund site in Zhanjiang, southern China
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the official inauguration of its newly built, world-scale Verbund site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province in southern China. Covering an area of around four square kilometers, it is more than a major BASF project in the…
BASF Hannong JV starts up non-ionic surfactant plant in South Korea
BASF Hannong Chemicals Solutions Ltd. (BHCS), the joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Hannong Chemicals, announced the inauguration of its new non-ionic surfactant (NIS) site located in the Daesan Industrial Complex in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. At the ceremony,…
Amyris completes new production line at fermentation plant in Brazil
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) announced the completed construction of a new production line, which is an expansion of capabilities at its flagship state-of-the-art precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. A pioneer in advanced precision fermentation technology, Amyris is adding…
Wacker starts up expanded silicone emulsions complex in India
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) announced another milestone in the expansion of its silicone capacities in India. A new production complex for manufacturing silicone emulsions went into operation at Wacker’s Panagarh site. The facility produces GMP-certified silicones for the cosmetics…
BASF to sell Aseptrol chlorine dioxide business to Oxidium
BASF Corp. and Oxidium Technologies LLC announced an agreement under which Oxidium will acquire BASF’s Aseptrol® technology portfolio. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Originally acquired by BASF from Engelhard in 2006, the Aseptrol chlorine dioxide product line…
Datacor acquires dynamic simulation provider GoldSim Technology Group
Datacor, Inc. (Florham Park, NJ) announced the acquisition of GoldSim Technology Group, a developer of dynamic simulation software used to model and analyze complex systems under uncertainty. The acquisition deepens Datacor's engineering simulation portfolio, which includes CHEMCAD chemical process simulation…
Huntsman opens new Performance Products manufacturing facility in Hungary
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the grand opening of its expanded Performance Products manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, where operations were initiated at the beginning of this year. The successful completion of this investment increases Huntsman's global capacity providing…
ICL Group opens specialty fertilizer manufacturing facility in India
ICL Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) announced the opening of a new specialty fertilizer production facility in Maharashtra, India. The launch comes at a critical time for India, which relies heavily on fertilizer imports and is now facing supply disruptions due…
Ecolab to acquire data-center cooling specialist CoolIT Systems
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoolIT Systems, a high-growth, high-margin leader in liquid cooling technology for next-gen AI data centers. CoolIT is expected to generate approximately $550 million in…