Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has finalized the sale of its entire interest (27.88%) in Deten Química S.A (Deten), located in the industrial complex of Camaçari, in the state of Bahia, to Cepsa Quimica S.A. (Madrid, Spain), which already has an…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has announced the completion of a capacity expansion for2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA), one of the group’s flagship products for which Perstorp has the largest production capacity in the world. Earlier this year, Perstorp’s plant Stenungsund, Sweden, further…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in cooperation with its sister company Nextchem S.p.A., has been awarded a Lump Sum Turn-Key EPC contract for a low-carbon ammonia Synloop facility to be built in the Gulf…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is boosting the presence of its pharma division in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with the acquisition of the Polish company APON. APON produces plastic packaging for the pharma industry at its site in Żyrardów near…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced that it has completed its acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc. (Aurora, Ill.). “It is an exciting day at Entegris. With the closing of the acquisition of CMC Materials, we are creating the global leader in…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to construct a large-scale commercial drug product fill and finish facility in Stein, Switzerland. The investment will enable the company to provide customers with a complete and integrated end-to-end solution that includes commercial drug…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a large Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contract by Hafslund Oslo Celsio, the largest supplier of district heating in Norway, for a world-first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at waste-to-energy plant located in Oslo,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and power generator VPI signed a joint development agreement to drive forward the “Humber Hydrogen Hub” or “H3”, which seeks to develop a flagship 800-MW low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Immingham, UK. The majority of…
Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyzer will be…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is to bolster its performance coatings portfolio after reaching an agreement to acquire the wheel liquid coatings business of Lankwitzer Lackfabrik GmbH. Completion, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected before the end of 2022.…