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Lilly announces new $4.5-billion advanced research and manufacturing site

Eli Lilly and Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced a $4.5-billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. This unique facility will give Lilly the ability to research new ways of producing medicines,…

BCCK and Carbon Clean sign agreement to deliver carbon capture projects in the U.S.

Carbon Clean (London) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BCCK (Midland, Tex.), a leader in engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and field construction services. BCCK and Carbon Clean will collaborate to provide Carbon Clean’s semi-modular CaptureX technology to customers…

Lanxess to sell Urethane Systems business to UBE Corp. for €460 million

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) signed a contract to sell its Urethane Systems business to UBE Corp. (Tokyo). The enterprise value amounts to €460 million with expected proceeds of around €500 million. With this transaction Lanxess exits the last remaining polymer…

Quest One and MAN Energy Solutions open new electrolyzer gigafactory in Hamburg

Electrolysis specialist Quest One, a subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions, has opened its new ‘Gigahub’ for the serial and automated production of electrolysis stacks in Hamburg. In the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of…

TPC Group announces further expansion of di-isobutylene production capacity

TPC Group (Houston) announced that it has further increased its capacity to produce di-isobutylene (DIB), a primary product in the Company’s Specialty Products business unit, to supply the growing global demand for DIB. Last year, the company completed the initial…

LG Chem develops new material to suppress thermal runaway in batteries

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that its Platform Technology R&D team has developed a temperature-responsive Safety Reinforced Layer (SRL), a material designed to suppress thermal runaway. In collaboration with Professor Lee Minah's team from the Department of Battery Engineering…

SK pharmteco invests $260 million to construct newproduction facility for small molecules and peptides

SK pharmteco (Seoul, South Koreaa), a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced a major expansion of its small molecule and peptide production capabilities with a $260 million investment to construct a new state-of-the-art facility in Sejong, South Korea. …

Henkel manufacturing site in Kenya is now run on 100% renewable electricity

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has achieved a groundbreaking sustainability milestone, with its Nairobi, Kenya manufacturing site now fully powered by 100% renewable electricity. This accomplishment marks a significant step forward for Henkel's sustainability efforts in the region, highlighting Kenya’s leadership…

Evonik breaks ground on major silica expansion at Charleston site

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced the groundbreaking of a significant expansion at its Charleston site in South Carolina’s Berkeley County. This new development will boost the production capacity of precipitated silica by 50%, catering to the increasing demand from…

ICL and Orbia partner on supply of key material for LFP batteries in North America

ICL Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Orbia Advance Corp., S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico City) Fluor & Energy Materials (OF&EM), as both companies continue to expand their presence in the North American battery materials supply…