Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India) announced that Tata Chemicals International Pte. Limited (TCIPL) a 100% subsidiary of TCL, has signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire 100% equity shares of Novabay Pte. Limited (Novabay) manufacturer of premium grade…
Cable manufacturer Prysmian S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) and Versalis S.p.A., Eni’s chemical company, have signed a strategic partnership to give new life to plastic cable scrap, through an innovative chemical recycling process, developing a dedicated supply chain. Following this agreement, Prysmian…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) announced a strategic partnership with chemical-recycling technology company BlueAlp (Eindhoven, the Netherlands). The partnership will see Borealis transfer its majority share in Renasci, a chemical recycling company based in Ostend, Belgium, to BlueAlp, while acquiring a…
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has successfully installed a 5MW GenEco electrolyzer system for Cleanergy Solutions Namibia’s groundbreaking green hydrogen project. The Walvis Bay project plant, which officially opened in September, represents Africa’s first fully integrated commercial green…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract for its PureMSM green methanol technology by Fikrat Al-Tadweer for a pioneering biomethanol plant in Saudi Arabia for transforming landfill-gas into clean fuels. KBR’s PureM solution is designed for…
ORLEN S.A. (Płock, Poland) has signed an agreement with Synthos S.A. (Oswiecim, Poland) to acquire full ownership of S54, the company developing a new butadiene extraction unit. Once completed, the unit will become an integral part of ORLEN’s Production Plant…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that it signed and closed the divestment of its legal entity (Clariant Venezuela S.A.) in Venezuela for around $1.8 million (CHF ~ 1.4 million) to CMV Química, C.A., Venezuela as part of the ongoing footprint…
UPM (Helsinki, Finland; www.upm.com), a global leader in sustainable material solutions, has achieved an important milestone in the startup of production of commercial, wood-based chemicals in its Leuna biorefinery in Germany. The refinery, which is the largest industrial-scale investment in…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam) is investing €50 million to upgrade its Waukegan, Illinois, facility in the US – the company’s biggest aerospace coatings production site. As well as increasing capacity, installing new machinery and introducing more automated processes, the two-phase…
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics business, a leading and fast-growing global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. The acquisition extends Ecolab’s scope along the entire artificial intelligence…