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Parker Hannifin completes $9.25-billion Filtration Group acquisition
Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio), the global leader in motion and control technologies, has announced it has completed its acquisition of Filtration Group Corporation (Oak Brook, Ill.) for $9.25 billion. "The close of this transaction marks another milestone in our…
Topsoe to supply technology for First Ammonia’s Texas green ammonia facility
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has signed an agreement with First Ammonia (New York, N.Y.) to provide its dynamic ammonia synthesis technology for the company's green ammonia production facility in Victoria, Texas. The project marks another important step toward commercial-scale green…
BASF Hygiene Solutions inaugurates superabsorbents laboratory in Mumbai
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has officially inaugurated its new Performance Lab for diapers and superabsorbents (SAP) in Mumbai on Aug. 18, 2026, which will provide technical and application services to superabsorbent customers globally. The new lab of BASF's Hygiene Solutions…
A new high-performance 5G smartphone for Zone 2/22 and Div. 2
The Smart-Ex 203 is a new 5G smartphone device certified specifically for use in Zone 2/22 and Division 2. The Smart-Ex 203 supports and advances digitalization, and is future-ready thanks to Android Enterprise Recommended and ARCore certification, as well as…
Cambrex breaks ground on $30-million R&D facility at Milan site
Cambrex Corp. (East Rutherford, N.J.), a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced the start of construction on a new research and development (R&D) facility at its Milan, Italy site. This $30 million investment will add advanced…
Henkel opens packaging recyclability testing lab in Shanghai
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) has opened a new route to certified packaging recyclability testing in Asia-Pacific. The Henkel Packaging Recyclab Shanghai has passed the official audit of the cyclos-HTP Institute (CHI; Aachen, Germany). The accreditation authorizes the…
A new ergonomically designed funnel for refilling IBC totes
This company has introduced a new ergonomic IBC Funnel for the fast, safe, and efficient refilling of IBC totes. Constructed of chemical resistant polyethylene (PE), this model is easily fitted to a standard IBC tote and includes rounded edges which…
Outokumpu inaugurates biocoke agglomeration plant to reduce ferrochrome CO2 emissions
Outokumpu Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) is inaugurating a new agglomeration plant for biocoke in Tornio, Finland. The plant enables the replacement of fossil coke with biomass-based biocoke in ferrochrome production. The approximately €30 million investment marks a significant step forward in…
BioBTX breaks ground on world’s first commercial-scale plant to convert mixed plastic waste to aromatics
BioBTX B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands) is building its world's first commercial-scale plant to transform mixed plastic waste into high-quality aromatic chemicals based on its in-house developed ICCP (Integrated Catalytic Cracking Process) technology. Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has been a shareholder and…
Thermo Fisher Scientific completes sale of its microbiology business
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced that it has completed the sale of its microbiology business to Astorg, a leading pan-European private equity firm, for consideration of approximately $1.075 billion, consisting of cash and a $50 million seller note.…