Clariant (Muttent, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) is increasing production capacity for Tonsil bleaching earths and Tonsil Coarse Optimized (CO) grades at its Puebla site in Mexico by 30%. The additional capacity comes on stream as of April 2016, concluding two years of…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) is extending its range of high temperature resistant bio-based polymers with the introduction of a new family of high performance polyamide 4T materials, partially produced from renewable resources, called ForTii Eco. These new materials…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) today announced it has signed a contract with Libbey, one of the largest glassware and tableware manufacturers globally, to supply it with Praxair’s Optimelt thermochemical regenerator (TCR) system. The company also entered into a…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) signed a new long-term contract with Maoming Petrochemical Co. (MPCC), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.), one of the largest integrated energy and chemical companies in China. Under the terms…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc. (Van Dyke; Columbia, Md.; www.vdtg.com), a 180-person cybersecurity firm specializing in identity and access management, threat mitigation and other cybersecurity solutions for enterprise networks…
The Catalyst Div. of BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.catalysts.basf.com) and CAMX Power LLC (CAMX; Lexington, Mass.; www.camxpower.com) today announced that BASF has been granted a license under the intellectual property of CAMX relating to the CAMX suite of CAM-7…
Robert Wassmer will be joining Kelvion, a globally active manufacturer of industrial heat exchangers, as CEO and managing director of Kelvion Holding GmbH (Bochum, Germany; www.kelvion.com), effective as of 1 July, 2016. Wassmer is an experienced CEO with extensive…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has signed an agreement to acquire a 17% share in BioSpectrum, Inc. (South Korea; www.biospectrum.com), a leading developer and supplier of specialty active cosmetics’ ingredients derived from Asia’s diverse flora that have proven benefits for…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corp. (MCO) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) have announced their collaboration with Exxon Mobil Corp. (www.exxonmobile.com) to develop and explore new applications for their latest…
Vertellus Specialties (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.vertellus.com), a global manufacturer of fine and specialty chemicals, has expanded DEET (diethyl toluamide) production capacity at its Greensboro, N.C. site. Initiated in January 2016, the completed expansion boosts DEET production capacity by 80%. DEET is…