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Fujifilm starts up new production site for CMP slurries

Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that its new production facility for Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) slurries, a basic material used in semiconductor manufacturing process, at its Kumamoto site has begun full-scale operation. The new facility was installed by Fujifilm Electronic Materials…

BASF and Envision Energy enter a collaboration to develop e-methanol technologies

BASF Process Catalysts announced a new collaboration with Envision Energy, a leading green technology provider of comprehensive net zero solutions. The collaboration aims to further develop the conversion of green hydrogen and CO2 into e-methanol through an advanced, dynamic process…

Toray commissions upgraded carbon-fiber plant in Alabama

Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. (Toray CMA) announced the commissioning of the upgraded carbon fiber production line in its Decatur, Ala., facility. The $15 million upgrade doubles the production capacity of the TORAYCA T1100 carbon fiber and adds critical redundancy…

Kraton upgrades biorefinery facility in Panama City, Florida

Kraton Corp. (Houston) has completed a $35-million investment to upgrade its crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery towers in its Panama City, Florida manufacturing facility. The new infrastructure was completed in November with the highest safety and quality standards, for continued…

Corbion enters agreement to divest emulsifiers business

Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Kingswood Capital Management, LP, a middle-market private equity firm with significant experience in corporate carve-outs and investments related to food and beverage, have signed a binding agreement regarding the sale of Corbion's emulsifiers business. The…

BASF and Lubrizol sign license agreement for the production and distribution of selected industrial lubricants

BASF SE (Ludiwgshafen, Germany) and The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) have signed a license agreement for the production and distribution of selected EMGARD and Plurasafe industrial lubricant products. The licensing agreement includes the following BASF products: EMGARD 2946; EMGARD CL…

Clean Earth and Veolia North America to collaborate on hazardous-waste treatment facility in Arkansas

Clean Earth, a division of Enviri Corp., and Veolia North America have executed a long-term collaborative agreement for significant incineration capacity at the new state-of-the-art thermal facility in Southwest Arkansas. The five-year agreement, structured to provide guaranteed access for Clean…

Shell to repurpose hydrocracker at Wesseling site for base-oils production

Shell Deutschland GmbH has taken a final investment decision (FID) to convert the hydrocracker of the Wesseling site at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland into a production unit for Group III base oils, used in making high-quality lubricants such…

Linde to build new ASU for SAIL in India

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has expanded its existing long-term agreement for the supply of industrial gases with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), one of the largest steelmaking companies in India. Linde currently supplies oxygen, nitrogen and argon to SAIL’s…

Lanxess and IBU-tec to develop iron oxides for LFP battery material

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and battery materials manufacturer IBU-tec advanced materials have entered into a research cooperation in the battery sector. The goal of the two German companies is to develop innovative iron oxides for the production of cathode material…