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Stratasys signs agreement to acquire Covestro’s additive manufacturing materials business

Stratasys Ltd. (Eden Prairie, Minn.), a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the additive manufacturing materials business of Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany). The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive…

Aramco and Sabic awarded world’s first TÜV certificate of accreditation for blue hydrogen and ammonia

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and the SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company (SABIC AN), have obtained the world’s first independent certifications recognizing “blue” hydrogen and ammonia production. The certifications were granted by TÜV Rheinland, a leading independent testing,…

Wood to provide engineering services for Strike Energy fertilizer project in Western Australia

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland), the global consulting and engineering company, has been appointed as owner’s engineer for the delivery of Project Haber, Strike Energy’s $3-billion, 1.4 million ton-yr urea fertilizer production facility to be built in Western Australia. This state-of-the-art…

McDermott and KBR enter global licensing agreement for ammonia

McDermott International, Inc (Houston) and KBR, Inc. (Houston) have entered into a global licensing agreement to provide integrated solutions for KBR's proprietary ammonia technologies. Ammonia produced from renewable or low-carbon sources, commonly referred to as green and blue ammonia, supports global…

Ube to acquire API Corp. from Mitsubishi Chemical

UBE Corp. (Tokyo) has agreed to acquire all shares of API Corp. (APIC), wholly owned by Life Science Institute, Inc., a company of The Mitsubishi Chemical Group(MCG), and signed a share transfer agreement. APIC was established in October 2002 through…

ACC publishes 2022 Guide to the Business of Chemistry

The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) has published the 2022 edition of the Guide to the Business of Chemistry, a comprehensive profile of the U.S. chemistry industry and its contributions to the domestic and global economies. American chemistry…

Thermo Fisher to expand manufacturing capacity for dry powder media in New York

To meet increasing global demand for cell culture media used in the manufacturing of new vaccines and biologics, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) has expanded its dry-powder-media manufacturing facility in Grand Island, New York. With this expansion, the Grand…

BASF announces U.S. capacity expansion for specialty pyrrolidones

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced that it will produce more N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-2-Pyrrolidone (HEP) and N-Octyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NOP) at its Geismar, Louisiana, Verbund site. The production is anticipated to be on-stream in the second half of 2022 and will ensure a global…

Tosoh to increase production capacity for separation and purification media

Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo) has announced it will increase the production capacity of separation and purification media TOYOPEARL and TSKgel PW at its Nanyo Complex (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) in response to the growing demand for antibody and oligonucleotide drug purification.…

Sasol Chemicals employs AI-based monitoring technologies at Lake Charles Chemical Complex

Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), will deploy innovative, AI-driven technology at its Ethylene Unit at its Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Louisiana to measure and monitor energy usage and emissions to identify opportunities to…