Mitra Future Technologies, Inc. (Mitra Chem), a leading innovator of North American lithium-ion battery materials and Saint-Gobain Ceramics, a global leader in specialty ceramic materials, announced a groundbreaking partnership to accelerate the production of lithium iron manganese phosphate (LMFP) cathode…
Boston Metal, a global metals technology solutions company, announced the inauguration of the first facility for its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) technology platform to recover high-value metals from mining waste in Brazil. This deployment is a major milestone for Boston…
Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions, announced today that DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) has renewed its engagement as a Strategic Ecosystem Partner. Silicon Catalyst will continue to provide strategic insight for DuPont into startups developing…
Bloom Energy Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) is teaming up with Shell Plc. to study decarbonization solutions, utilizing Bloom’s proprietary hydrogen electrolyzer technology. Bloom and Shell will collaborate with the goal of developing replicable, large-scale, solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) systems that…
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has signed a contract with global fertilizer manufacturer Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) to build a world-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) liquefaction plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands. The Sluiskil project forms a key part of Yara’s clean…
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. (MCG Group; Tokyo) will expand its sugar-ester emulsifier production capacity by adding a new line (production capacity: 1,100 metric tons/year) to the production facilities scheduled to go into full-scale operation in March 2024 (production capacity: 2,000…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that itwill increase production capacity at the meta-Xylylene Diisocyanate (XDI) plant within its Omuta Works in response to growing demand for hardeners used in hardly yellowing coatings. This would raise the expansion of domestic production…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that a major investment project has been completed at the company’s production plant in Bac Ninh province near Hanoi in Vietnam, which will help to strengthen the company’s position in Asia and sharpen its…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is selling its superabsorbents business to the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG). The purchase price (enterprise value) is in the low triple-digit million euro range. The agreement also includes the assumption of pension obligations by…
UBE Corp. (Tokyo) announced that the company’s Board of Directors resolved to construct a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) plant in the U.S. It also decided to increase capital in UBE C1 Chemicals America, Inc. (UCCA), a…