AkzoNobel N.S. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Microsoft have teamed up to explore how quantum computing could help fast track the development of high-performance and more sustainable paints and coatings. Scientists from both parties will co-develop what will effectively be a…
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany a leading science and technology company,announced the acquisition of MAST (Modular Automated Sampling Technology) platform from Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland). The MAST platform is an automated, aseptic…
Encina Development Group (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced plans to invest $1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility in Point Township, Pennsylvania that would create 300 new full-time jobs. This proposed state-of-the-art facility, named The Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility,…
Following the expansion of production facilities for PLEXIGLAS molding compounds in Worms (Germany) and Shanghai (China), Röhm (Darmstadt, Germany) is further driving the growth of the company by the additional expansion of capacities for impact-resistant PLEXIGLAS, the brand polymethyl methacrylate…
Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, Pa.), the infrastructure engineering software company, tannounced it has acquired Watertown, Massachusetts-based ADINA R & D Inc., a leading developer of finite element analysis software applications used in a comprehensively diverse range of engineering fields (adina.com).…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni’s chemical company, has agreed to license its proprietary continuous mass technology to Shandong Eco Chemical Co. Ltd, a Chinese company part of Shandong Haike Holding Ltd. The license will be granted for a 210,000-ton/yr…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will license again the LyondellBasell high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology at their facility located in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, P.R. of China. The Lupotech process technology will be…
AGC Inc. (Tokyo) has decided to expand the facilities of Spain-based subsidiary AGC Pharma Chemicals Europe S.L.U., which is engaged in the synthetic pharmaceuticals sector. A new building with a total floor area of 7,500 ㎡ will be constructed on…
Jacobs (Dallas, Tex.) was appointed by PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, to provide professional engineering services for the development of the new greasy waste (GWTF) and food waste treatment facilities (FWTF) to maximize energy and resource recovery at the Changi…
Ineos (London) announced that Ineos Nitriles intends to invest in a world-scale acetonitrile production facility at their key operating site in Köln, Germany. The facility will have a production capacity of 15,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Acetonitrile is a…