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Air Products to expand gas supply for Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor fab in South Korea

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it has been selected by Samsung to supply industrial gases for its new advanced semiconductor fab in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.   Under the agreement, Air Products will build, own and operate multiple state-of-the-art…

Worley providing cogeneration FEED services for Dow’s Path2Zero ethylene project in Alberta

Worley Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia) has been selected by Dow (Midland, Mich.) to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services under a new engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contract  for the cogeneration component of Dow’s Path2Zero project in Fort Saskatchewan,…

Nouryon launches new technology for recycled polypropylene applications

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has introduced Perkadox PM-60ST-GR, a new organic peroxide technology for recycled polypropylene — one of the world's most widely used plastics — that is designed to restore performance in degraded, recycled plastic material. The first commercially…

Charbone opens new hydrogen hub in Albany

Charbone Hydrogen Corp. (Brossard, Que., Canada) announced the opening of its third Hub, and first in the United States, located in Albany, New York State. This new Hub, operated by its subsidiary Charbone Corporation USA, represents a major strategic step…

Advansix selects Stamicarbon for proposed expansion of ammonia facility in Virginia

AdvanSix (Parsippany, N.J.) announced it has entered into a process design and licensing agreement to assess expansion of its integrated ammonia platform at its Hopewell, Virginia site to enable the domestic manufacturing of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), a critical emissions-control…

DOMO Chemicals sells its Engineered Materials business

DOMO Chemicals (Leuna, Germany) announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund XII, L.P. has agreed to acquire its Engineered Materials (EM) business. The proposed transaction comprises the full scope of the Engineered Materials business, including three European manufacturing sites…

Air Liquide sells biogas businesses in the U.S., France, Norway and Sweden to Mobius Renewables

Mobius Renewables (Houston) announced the closing of the acquisition of Air Liquide’s biogas production activities in the United States, France, Norway, and Sweden. The acquisition includes six operating landfill gas-to-RNG (Renewable Natural Gas) sites in the U.S., five operating farm…

Hapman announces expansion of manufacturing for bulk-solids-handling equipment

Hapman (Kalamazoo, Mich.; www.hapman.com), a global leader in custom bulk-material handling equipment, is proud to announce a significant expansion of its manufacturing facility. As demand for Hapman’s solutions continues to grow, the company is investing in an additional 18,500 square…

Software developer Uncountable inks agreements with four specialty chemical companies

Uncountable, (San Francisco, Calif.; www.uncountable.com), a software company that develops AI platforms for end-to-end product development, today announced it has signed four new agreements with specialty chemicals organizations to support formulation development, scale-up, and production optimization. The new deals underscore…

Colorado School of Mines launches research center on PFAS destruction technologies

Water and soil impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is one of today’s most pressing environmental challenges, impacting rural, suburban and urban communities across the globe. But how to remediate these “forever” chemicals without just moving the problem from one…