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Sika opens new manufacturing plant in northeast China

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) opened a new plant in Liaoning, the largest province in northeastern China. This site will manufacture a full range of products, including mortars, tile adhesives, and waterproofing solutions. This highly efficient new plant enables Sika to…

Röhm completes specialty-moldings capacity expansion in Connecticut

To further strengthen the market position of its specialty molding compounds globally, Röhm GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) has significantly expanded its production capacity at the Wallingford plant in Connecticut. The innovative improvement was possible by modifying and redeploying an existing production…

Live from ACHEMA 2024 – Updates from Wednesday, June 12

Day 3 of ACHEMA 2024 is here and the halls are busier than ever. Read the Wednesday Show Daily here, including onsite coverage of Day 2, and also check out our Tuesday Photo Gallery below. Read Monday’s Achema Updates here…

Yara opens renewable hydrogen site in Norway

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) is officially opening its renewable hydrogen plant at Herøya, Norway. Yara is now producing renewable hydrogen and ammonia and has already delivered the first tons of fertilizers made from renewable ammonia produced at this plant.…

Technip Energies and Mitsubishi Chemical are licensing a new OXO alcohol technology

Technip Energies (Paris) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo), a member of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group, announced that they are licensing an improved OXO alcohol technology, named ‘OXO M-Process’.  OXO alcohols are used as solvents in chemical manufacturing. The improved OXO-M…

Evonik starts up high-purity silica production in Michigan

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has started the production of ultra-high purity colloidal silica for the semiconductor industry at its new facility in Weston, Michigan. Colloidal silica is a critical raw material for the electronics and semiconductor industries, whose growth…

ACHEMA Daily updates – Tues. June 11, 2024

Day 2 of ACHEMA 2024 is in full swing. Read the Tuesday Show Daily here, including onsite coverage of Day 1, and also check out our Tuesday Photo Gallery below. Read Monday's Achema Updates here

ACHEMA Daily Updates – June 10, 2024

ACHEMA 2024 opened today! Read the full Show Daily here and enjoy some photos from around the show. Coverage will continue throughout the week  

Cepsa begins construction of Spain’s first hydroalcoholic gel production plant

Cepsa continues to develop and diversify its chemicals business by starting the construction of a new isopropyl alcohol (IPA) plant, the first of its kind in Spain. This product is used not only in hydroalcoholic gels, but also in household…

Ecolab Life Sciences and Repligen launch new resin for large-scale biologic manufacturing

Ecolab (St. Paul, Minn.) announced that its Purolite resin business, together with Repligen Corporation, a life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, today announced the commercial launch of Purolite’s DurA Cycle, a protein A chromatography resin for large-scale purification…