Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and Advent International (Boston, Mass.), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, are establishing a joint venture (JV) for high-performance engineering polymers. The two companies today signed an agreement…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) today announced a joint venture (JV) with Tianjin B&M Science and Technology (B&M), a subsidiary of China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (Huayou Cobalt) that specializes in cathode materials, a key component in battery manufacturing. LG…
Johnson Matthey Plc (JM; London) has entered into an agreement for the sale of part of its Battery Materials business to EV Metals Group, a global battery chemicals and technology business. The sale includes Johnson Matthey’s assets at the Battery…
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has acquired all shares of Danish company Dublix Technology ApS, a provider of solutions that improve the efficiency of waste-to-energy (WTE) and biomass power plants. The addition of Dublix's combustion control and boiler…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) is currently executing EVER – Development of a Low Cost Electrolyzer for the Production of Green Hydrogen, an R&D project focused on the study, design, construction and validation of new anion exchange membrane technology…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has entered into agreements for the sale of its glass processing businesses Eckelt Glas and Glas Ziegler in Austria to the privately-owned German group AEQUITA, as well as the sale of its holding in the co-venture Glaskontor…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced it is investigating capacity investments to support its growing Hydrogen Economy business. This increased capacity in ionomers would support the demand growth within water electrolysis and fuel cell technology. The company is currently considering…
A consortium, including LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene glycol, (MEG), which is a key building block for polyethylene terephthalate, (PET), resin, fibers and bottles. The technology converts carbon emissions from steel…
Honeywell announced that Coffeyville Resources & Marketing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc., has selected Honeywell for a feasibility study for lower-carbon hydrogen production in Coffeyville, Kansas. The study will evaluate the application of carbon capture and hydrogen purification…
Johnson Matthey plc (London) entered into a strategic partnership with Enapter, a pioneer and commercial leader in AEM electrolysis. AEM is a next generation electrolyzer technology that promises to drive down the cost of green hydrogen towards a point where it becomes…