The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) is proposing to ban the use of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) due to health risks when used in vapor degreasing. The proposed rule was issued under section 6(a) of the…
Emerson Automation Solutions (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) has opened a new manufacturing facility in Dammam First Industrial City in Saudi Arabia to expand its local manufacturing, project execution and service capabilities. The 1,100-m2 facility in Dammam will provide engineering, staging,…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) has entered into an agreement transferring its Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) cathode intellectual property (IP) and related intellectual property licenses to Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com), a global materials technology and recycling group. The sale includes U.S.…
Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) has named Patrick Goris senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Feb. 7, 2017. He will report to Blake Moret, president and chief executive officer. Goris succeeds Theodore Crandall, who has been…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) signed an agreement with GTM do Brasil, a subsidiary of GTM Holdings S.A., through which it will sell a 100% interest in its subsidiary quantiQ, one of Brazil's largest chemical product distributors. The transaction is…
Linde Gas Singapore, a member of technology company, The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde-gas.com), announced that it has signed a longterm contract to supply methane and hydrogen to Evonik Methionine SEA’s second world-scale methionine complex in Singapore (Me6). Linde is…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) and ArcelorMittal S.A. (Luxembourg City; www.arcelormittal.com), the world's largest steel producer, have recently signed two longterm renewal contracts for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal’s production sites in the industrial port areas of…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdgroup.com) announced the expansion of its end-to-end biodevelopment centers to meet increasing customer demand for its turnkey portfolio of bioprocessing products, manufacturing capabilities and industry leading technological expertise. The expansion, which includes the opening of two new…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has significantly strengthened its global manufacturing footprint for organic peroxides by completing a €22 million expansion of its Los Reyes production facility in Mexico. The new facility will produce Laurox brand organic peroxides,…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) is investing $90 million on its Clear Lake, Tex. site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies. Thus Arkema will position the Clear Lake site among the most…