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BASF to expand production capacity for bio-based alkyl polyglucosides

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with two expansions at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. By expanding in two regions in parallel, BASF, the global market leader for APGs, can…

Air Liquide begins negotiations to sell oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology business

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has entered into exclusive negotiations with Safran Aerosystems for the sale of its oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology activities, excluding marine-related cryogenic activities. Air Liquide's oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology activities have been developed since 1983…

Neste supports Rio Tinto U.S. Borax mining site to transition to renewable diesel

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has partnered with Rio Tinto (London, U.K.) to help the company transition all of its heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at the U.S. Borax mine in Boron, California. The partnership helps Rio Tinto…

Clariant completes divestment of global Quats business

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced it has completed the divestment of its global Quats business to Global Amines Company Pte. Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture owned by Clariant and Wilmar, Asia’s leading agricultural business and oleochemicals business globally. The transaction…

Pembina and Marubeni announce low-carbon ammonia project in Alberta

Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Calgary, Canada) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Marubeni Corporation to progress an end-to-end, low-carbon ammonia supply chain from Western Canada to Japan and other Asian markets. The Project includes the joint development of a world-scale,…

3M to expand biotech manufacturing capacities in Europe

3M (St. Paul, Minn.) announced it will invest $146 million to expand its capabilities to further support biotech manufacturing, a fast-growing area of health care which is bringing breakthrough therapies to patients. The investment will include facility and equipment improvements…

Air Liquide invests to expand gas supply to electronics industry in North Texas

Air Liquide SA (Paris) announces that it has invested nearly $70 million in state-of-the-art plants in North Texas to supply ultra high purity nitrogen and oxygen to the electronics industry. These investments will support the expansion of two existing manufacturing…

Brightmark, Chevron partnership plans five new RNG projects in Michigan

Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC is positioned to expand renewable natural gas (RNG) production with five new anaerobic digestion dairy farm projects in western Michigan, designed to convert animal waste to renewable fuels. Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC is a joint venture between…

Chemours to sell its glycolic acid business

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Glycolic Acid business for $137 million in cash to PureTech Scientific Inc., a company founded and backed by Iron Path Capital, a private equity firm focused…

Ohmium and NTPC to partner on largest-ever deal for PEM electrolyzers in India

Green hydrogen company Ohmium International, a manufacturer of advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers,  announced that its India-based subsidiary has been selected as the PEM electrolyzer partner of NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (REL), the renewable energy subsidiary of NTPC, India’s…