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SUEZ acquires stakes in two startup firms in North America, Airex Energy and Subeca

SUEZ Group (Paris) announced its acquisition of stakes in the innovative North American companies Airex Energy and Subeca, amounting to 8 million euros. These two investments in support of climate change adaptation and mitigation reinforce SUEZ’ innovation dynamic. They fall…

Air Products to invest $70 Million to expand Membrane Solutions center in Missouri

Air Products Membrane Solution (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it will invest more than $70 million to significantly expand its manufacturing and logistics center in Maryland Heights, near St. Louis, Missouri. The investment, which is Air Products Membrane Solutions’ largest ever,…

Asahi Kasei completes new filter-assembly plant in Japan

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) announced that Asahi Kasei Medical has completed the construction of its third assembly plant for Planova virus-removal filters in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, and held its completion ceremony on May 24, 2024. The bioprocess business of Asahi…

Mitsui Chemicals to set up mass-production facilities for CNT pellicles

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced plans to set up production facilities at its Iwakuni-Ohtake Works for carbon nanotube (CNT) pellicles suited to use in next-generation high-output EUV lithography systems, which will be indispensable in further reducing the size and increasing…

Toray to expand fiber production capacities in South Korea

Toray Group (Tokyo) plans to invest 500 billion won in the Gumi National Industrial Complex in South Korea by 2025 to expand its business for sustainable growth. Toray and Toray Advanced Materials Korea (TAK) signed an investment memorandum of understanding…

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany signs definitive agreement to acquire life science company Mirus Bio for $600 million

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has signed a definitive agreement to acquire life science company Mirus Bio for $600 million (around €550 million). Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Mirus Bio is a specialist in the development and commercialization of transfection reagents. Transfection…

DuPont announces plan to separate into three new companies

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced a plan to separate into three distinct, publicly traded companies. Under the plan, DuPont would execute the proposed separations of its Electronics and Water businesses in a tax-free manner to its shareholders with New DuPont continuing…

BASF to increase PA and PBT production capacities in India

BASF India Ltd. will increase the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounding plant in Panoli, Gujarat and Thane, Maharashtra. Its Polyurethane Technical Development Center India, to be inaugurated on 28 May in Mumbai,…

Maire acquires engineering companies in Italy and Poland

MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that KT - Kinetics Technology (the subsidiary part of the Integrated E&C Solutions Business Units operating also in support of the Sustainable Technology Solutions Business Unit) has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of APS…

KBR and Sumitomo Chemical form technology licensing alliance for propylene oxide production

KBR, Inc. (Houston) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to make KBR an exclusive licensing partner for Sumitomo Chemical's state-of-the-art propylene oxide by cumene (POC) technology. Propylene oxide is an intermediate product…