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France’s Biotech Open Platform opens at Michelin’s Innovation Park
Two years after its creation by Danone S.A. (Paris), Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA (Clermont-Ferrand, France), DMC Biotechnologies Inc. (Boulder, Colo.), Crédit Agricole Centre France (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Clermont Auvergne Innovation S.A.S. (Aubière, France) and Greentech S.A. (Saint-Beauzire, France), Biotech…
Sherwin-Williams opens expanded paint and coatings plant in North Carolina
The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting celebrating the grand opening of its expanded architectural paint and coatings manufacturing facility in Statesville, N.C. The Statesville facility is now Sherwin-Williams' largest plant in North America. The expansion represents the…
Schneider Electric to acquire software firm PTC in $22.6-billion deal
Schneider Electric S.E. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PTC Inc. (Boston, Mass.), a provider of industrial product design, engineering and data-management software, in an all-cash deal that values PTC's equity at about $22.6 billion (€20.1 billion),…
Sumitomo Chemical achieves production-scale manufacturing of bio-based LCP
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has achieved production-scale manufacturing of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) that contains a portion of monomer derived from biomass feedstock (bio-based LCP). As a global supplier in the LCP market, the Company is preparing a…
This new electric boiler supports low-carbon steam supply in manufacturing plants
g-Steam™ is a industrial electric boiler for manufacturing applications. It is based on the tube-type electric boiler technology that has been refined over many years through auxiliary boiler systems for nuclear power plants. When powered by electricity derived from renewable…
BinMaster Acquires environmental monitoring company Stevens Water Monitoring Systems
BinMaster Sensors and Technologies LLC (Lincoln, Neb.; www.binmaster.com) has entered into an agreement to purchase assets of Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc. (www.stevenswater.com), a company that specializes in providing highly accurate, rugged environmental monitoring equipment: the HydraProbe®, POGO®, and TurfPro™…
voestalpine and VERBUND expand H2FUTURE green hydrogen pilot plant
The H2FUTURE research project at the voestalpine AG (Linz, Austria) site in Linz is entering the next expansion stage. Enhancements to the pilot plant made over the past three years allow the two project partners—international steel and technology group voestalpine…
Bayer to construct new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Ohio
Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced plans to invest $2.2 billion in a new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in New Albany, Ohio. Building on more than $7 billion in U.S. pharma R&D and manufacturing spend over the past five years, the project…
New lubricant technology improves durability and stability of these turbomolecular vacuum pumps
The new SplitFlow 350 turbomolecular vacuum pump combines high pumping speed with low power consumption. Like all vacuum pumps of the SplitFlow series, it consists of multiple stages separated by rotor stacks. This configuration allows these turbopumps to achieve progressively…
Avantium spins off plant-based polyesters business Parana Materials
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced the completion of the spin-out of its Parana Technology into Parana Materials B.V. (Geleen, the Netherlands). Parana Materials is a new, independent company focused on the development and commercialization of plant-based, high-performance polyesters such…