Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced it has acquired a location in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it will invest at least $180 million to establish the Albemarle Technology Park (ATP), a world-class facility designed for novel materials research, advanced process development,…
Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) announced the expansion of its operations in Salisbury, North Carolina. This expansion of Henkel's existing site brings a new 10,000 square foot, state-of-the-art production area for UV-curable acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) and broadens the company's…
Saint-Gobain North America, through its automotive glass subsidiary Saint-Gobain Sekurit and its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Insulation, has begun a recycling program at two locations in California, where windshield glass scraps are recycled and reused in the production of insulation.…
Denbury Inc. (Plano, Tex.) announced a definitive agreement with a large landowner in southwest Louisiana for the future development and operation of a dedicated CO2 sequestration site. The 31,000 acre land position is located in Allen, Beauregard and Vernon Parishes,…
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) announced the opening of the USP Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lab in Richmond, Virginia as part of its launch of a suite of R&D analytical solutions. These analytical lab services will support the efforts of drug manufacturers…
Westport Fuel Systems Inc. announced a collaboration with Johnson Matthey plc (London) to develop an emissions aftertreatment system tailored to Westport’s proprietary H2 HPDI hydrogen fuel system, with the goal of reducing or eliminating emissions. The agreement focuses on combining…
Synthomer Plc (London, U.K.) announced the conditional sale of the laminates, films and coated fabrics businesses to Surteco Group for $255 million (£208 million). Surteco is a Germany-based developer, designer, producer and marketer of surface materials based on paper and…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has signed a long-term contract to supply Kumho Mitsui Chemical (KMCI), a world leader in the chemical industry, with additional hydrogen and carbon monoxide in South Korea’s Yeosu National Industrial Complex, where Air Liquide operates four…
SK Innovation Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and SungEel HiTech signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture for battery metal recycling to take lead in the market. This follows the announcement last year that Kia Motors would…
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Co. (AMMC) has awarded Metso Outotec (Helsinki, Finland) an order for the delivery of two sulfuric acid plants to be built for AMMC’s zinc roasting facility in Almalyk, Uzbekistan. The value of the order is approximately…