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BASF and Huntsman announce separation of joint MDI production in China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.), together with their Chinese partner companies – Shanghai Hua Yi (Group Company), Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co., Ltd. – announce the planned separation of…

Air Products to increase production capacity at its LNG equipment-manufacturing facility in Florida

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it will be making a significant investment to meet industry demand with increased winding capacity at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) equipment manufacturing facility located in Port Manatee, Florida. Air Products expects that this…

Toray Advanced Composites to expand manufacturing plant in California

Toray Advanced Composites, developer and producer of advanced thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials, announced the planned expansion of its Morgan Hill, Calif. plant operations. The new facility will add 74,000 square feet (6,800 square meters) to the existing campus facilities.…

Fluor awarded more than $1 billion in life sciences contracts

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) has been awarded a $487 million biotech expansion project in Denmark and is also mobilizing resources in the central U.S. for the first phase of a new life sciences production facility valued at $574 million. Fluor…

BASF completes carve-out of mobile-emissions catalysts and precious-metals services businesses

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has completed the carve-out of its mobile emissions catalysts and precious metal services businesses and named the separate legal entity BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS). The company’s intention to carve out the entity was…

Sika expands production capacities for macro-fibers at Tennessee plant

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has increased production capacities for macro fibers at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, thus extending a product line of strategic importance for Region Americas. With this innovative fiber technology, Sika is further strengthening its position as…

Asahi Kasei begins licensing technology for Li-ion capacitors

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) has begun licensing of technology for the design and manufacture of lithium-ion capacitors (LiCs) based on its proprietary lithium pre-doping technology1. The novel proprietary doping method enables LiCs to be manufactured at lower cost with generally…

IFC and Técnicas Reunidas to collaborate on decarbonization initiatives in Eastern Europe

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, to help accelerate the decarbonization of Eastern European economies. The collaboration seeks to facilitate the transition to…

SUEZ and Schneider Electric join forces to accelerate digital services for the water sector

Schneider Electric and SUEZ announced that they are joining forces to accelerate the deployment of digital solutions for energy efficiency, resource conservation, and the control of carbon impact of water cycle management systems. An estimated two-thirds of the world's population…

Shin-Etsu Chemical invests in silicones production

Shin-Etsu Chemical (Tokyo) announced it would make a new ¥100 billion investment in its silicones portfolio, one of the core parts of its Functional Materials business segment. In February 2022, Shin-Etsu announced an investment plan worth ¥80 billion in order…