GreenCentre Canada (Kingston, Ont.; www.greencentrecanada.com) has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Johnson Matthey Plc. (London, U.K.; www.jmfinechemicals.com), a leading multi-national producer of catalysts and specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, Johnson Matthey will promote, market,…
Ametek, Inc. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.ametek.com) has consolidated its industry-leading motors, blowers, fans, pumps and motion-control businesses into a new Advanced Motion Solutions (AMS) division that combines its former Floorcare and Specialty Motors and Precision Motion Control divisions. Headquartered in Kent,…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington. D.C.; www.epa.gov) is proposing to place limits on the use of two common chemicals in paint removers in order to protect consumers and workers from serious health risks associated with this use. The…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announces that its subsidiary Tecnimont Civil Construction has established a new company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) named Value Technology Engineering LLC, in association with SBK Holding, part of Value Lab. The…
Following up on the introduction of Avra Performance Fibers last August, Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced that it is expanding its production capacity for the product. Avra from Eastman is a family of performance fibers enabled by a…
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…