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Emerson accelerates factory automation capabilities with agreement to acquire Afag

Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Afag Holding AG (Afag), an innovative leader in electric linear motion, feeding and handling automation solutions.  Headquartered in Zell, Switzerland, Afag brings state-of-the-art technology and innovation to Emerson. The transaction…

Repsol sells Canadian oil-and-gas assets for $468 million

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has agreed to sell its oil-and-gas assets in Canada to Peyto for $468 million (approximately €433 million) as part of its ongoing portfolio management to focus activity on core regions. The agreement encompasses all the mineral…

Honeywell announces DOE collaboration to develop hydrogen solutions for UAVs

Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on a year-long collaboration to prototype and support the commercialization of a cartridge-based hydrogen fuel storage solution for…

Evonik expands production capacity for precious-metal powder catalysts in China

Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany) has completed the relocation and expansion of its precious metal powder catalyst plant in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). Production is scheduled to commence in Q4, 2023. Precious metal powder catalysts are widely used in industrial…

Trafigura selects IsoTherming technology for new diesel hydrotreater in Argentina

 Elessent Clean Technologies (Elessent, formerly DuPont Clean Technologies) announced the signing of license and engineering contracts with Trafigura for the construction of a state-of-the-art 125 Sm3/h (18,870 BPSD) IsoTherming diesel hydrotreater at the Bahía Blanca Refinery located in Argentina. The…

Air Products to provide oxygen equipment for major wastewater-treatment site in Montreal

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has been chosen by the city of Montreal to supply oxygen equipment to support an ozone generation site that will remove impurities from wastewater at the Jean-R-Marcotte Wastewater Treatment Plant, one of the largest wastewater treatment…

ACC guide profiles the business of chemistry and its economic impact

The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) published the 2023 edition of its Guide to the Business of Chemistry, comprehensive profile of the U.S. chemistry industry and its contributions to domestic and global economies.   American chemistry is the world’s…

Wastefront granted environmental permit for tire-recycling site at the Port of Sunderland

Wastefront (www.wastefront.com) has been granted an environmental permit for their flagship site at the Port of Sunderland. The decision was made Thursday 31 August 2023 by the Environment Agency and clears the way for the next stage in the process,…

AGC develops new production technology for sulfide electrolytes for solid-state batteries

AGC (Tokyo) has announced that it succeeded in developing a new production technology for sulfide electrolytes used in all-solid-state batteries. AGC will continue to improve the process for future mass production and the quality of the solid electrolytes for commercialization.…

Fluor sells Stork business in Europe to Bilfinger

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced today that it has agreed to sell its Stork business in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and its turbo blading manufacturing operation in the United States to industrial services provider Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany). This divestiture…