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Toray Advanced Composites acquires Colorado-based thermoplastics producer

Toray Advanced Composites announced the expansion of its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite materials portfolio through the acquisition of Gordon Plastics’ assets, technology, and intellectual property, located in Englewood, Colorado. This investment by Toray Advanced Composites brings expanded development, testing and…

Solvay licenses hydrogen peroxide process technology to North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co.

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has entered into an agreement to license its leading-edge hydrogen peroxide technology to North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Company (North Huajin) for the manufacturing of 300,000 metric tons of propylene oxide per year in its Panjin…

BASF opens new production line for water-based dispersions in the Netherlands

  BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) recently opened its new production line for water-based dispersions in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Thanks to this new line, production capacity will be increased, without additional CO2 emissions. The expansion has taken place on the basis…

Schneider Electric and Saint-Gobain launch first-of-its kind automation system for glass production

Schneider Electric SE (Paris) and Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) have joined forces to deploy the first-of-its kind software-defined automation system for glass production. Unveiled at Glasstec 2024, the world's leading trade fair for the glass industry, the project addresses the…

Veolia and Morocco to establish Africa’s largest desalination project

Veolia (Paris) and the Kingdom of Morocco signed a MOA for the establishment of a strategic partnership to develop on an exclusive basis a seawater desalination project that will be the largest in Africa and the second largest in the…

Asahi Kasei and Honda form battery separator JV in Canada

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) announced that the two companies have signed a shareholders' agreement to convert an existing Asahi Kasei subsidiary in Canada into a joint venture (JV) company. This agreement was reached as…

Siemens to acquire Altair Engineering for $10 billion

  Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering Inc. (Troy, Mich.), a leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market. Altair shareholders will receive USD 113 per share, representing an enterprise value…

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A low-cost method for bio-based production of acrylic acid

Acrylic acid, a commodity chemical used widely in superabsorbent polymers, paints, coatings, adhesives and more, is typically produced from fossil-based propylene at relatively high temperatures. As part of an initiative supported by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, funding was recently…

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Business News: November 2024

Plant Watch BASF completes superabsorbent polymers expansion project in Texas October 16, 2024 — BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced that its petrochemicals division has completed production upgrades for superabsorbent polymers (SAP) after a $19.2-million investment in its Freeport, Tex.…