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Kemira completes sale of colorants business

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced the closing of the divestment of most of its colorants business to ChromaScape. Kemira signed a definitive agreement to sell its colorants dye business to US-based ChromaScape, LLC in September 2022. The revenue of the…

OQ Chemicals launches new pilot plant for customized esters in Germany

OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) has successfully started up its new pilot plant for esters in Oberhausen, Germany. This state-of-the-art test facility enables the company to manufacture small quantities of esters that are tailored to customer needs for…

Technip Energies and John Cockerill to create JV for integrated green-hydrogen solutions

Technip Energies (Paris) and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium), two industrial leaders in the hydrogen market, announce the launch of Rely, a unique provider of integrated and competitive green hydrogen solutions. Energy and heavy industries are at a major turning point.…

Sika completes acquisition of MBCC Group

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has completed the acquisition of MBCC Group (Mannheim, Germany), the former BASF Construction Chemicals, after having received all necessary regulatory approvals. With this highly complementary transaction, Sika strengthens its footprint across all regions, reinforces its range…

Nel plans large-scale electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Michigan

Nel Hydrogen ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced its plans to build a new automated gigawatt electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Michigan. When fully developed, the facility will employ more than 500 people and be among the largest electrolyser manufacturing plants in the…

Albemarle to double lithium hydroxide output in Australia

Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced its decision to build two additional processing trains at the leading-edge Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant in Western Australia. The additional trains will be wholly owned and operated by Albemarle and would increase the facility’s production…

Neste progresses green hydrogen plans at Porvoo refinery

In accordance with its ambition to reach carbon neutral production by 2035, Neste is working on a 120 MW electrolyzer project to produce renewable (green) hydrogen at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. The company has now decided to proceed to…

Merck announces plans for new bioprocessing facility in South Korea

Merck has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), and Daejeon City for a new Asia-Pacific BioProcessing Center, aimed at supporting the region's healthcare ecosystem. The planned bioprocessing facility would support…

Solenis opens R&D labs and packaging technology facility in Germany

Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) opened its newest customer application R&D laboratories and packaging center of excellence in Mönchengladbach, Germany. The new international technical facility will help drive more sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries and consumer paper packaging. The labs are equipped…

Angus Chemical rebrands as Advancion

ANGUS Chemical Company unveiled a new name and logo as part of an extensive corporate rebranding initiative. The Company, which has operated as ANGUS for more than 40 years, will rebrand and change its name to "Advancion." The Advancion name…