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COVID-19: Cummins, Swagelok, GE and more provide essential pandemic-response supplies

As the global pandemic continues, many industrial manufacturers are augmenting their production capacities and making donations to provide essential supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitizers and disinfectants to fight the spread of COVID-19. Swagelok (Solon, Ohio; www.swagelok.com) is donating…

Axalta produces hand sanitizers at five sites; donates PPE and seat covers

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) announced that its plants in Front Royal, Virginia; Mount Clemens, Michigan; Tlalnepantla, Mexico; Guarulhos, Brazil; and Wuppertal, Germany are shifting their manufacturing to produce thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer that meets the…

Busch supplies vacuum system for emergency hospital in Madrid

In order to be able to supply a suitable vacuum system in the shortest possible time to the emergency hospital that is currently set up in the Madrid Convention Centre, Busch Vacuum Systems in Spain has provided a solution:  the…

BASF produces hand sanitizer at its Wyandotte site

The BASF Corp. (Florham Park, New Jersey; www.basf.com) site in Wyandotte, Mich. has created and produced a hand sanitizer, known as HandClasp, with the first 1,000 gallons in the U.S. donated to the Henry Ford Health System. The sanitizing product…

ExxonMobil boosts production of raw materials for PPE and sanitizers

ExxonMobil (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has increased production of critical raw materials for personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and gowns, and hand sanitizer used by medical professionals and first responders leading the efforts to combat the global COVID-19 pandemic. ExxonMobil…

Equipment and service suppliers remain open during pandemic

As the chemical process industries (CPI) continue to operate during the current pandemic as part of our critical infrastructure, companies that supply needed equipment and services to the CPI are taking steps to remain open to support them. Here are…

Toyo Styrene licenses Agilyx recycling technology in Japan

Agilyx Corp. (Agilyx; Tigard, Ore.; www.agilyx.com) announced the licensing of its technology to Toyo Styrene Co., LTD (Toyo Styrene), an affiliate of Denka Company Ltd.  The site technology license agreement enables Toyo Styrene to deploy the Agilyx technology near Toyo…

Thaioil to use Topsoe emissions-control technology at Sriracha Refinery

Thai Oil Public Company Limited (Thaioil; www.thaioilgroup.com) has signed an agreement with Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) to license Topsoe’s SNOX solution to efficiently remove sulfur and nitrogen oxides and dust emissions from their Sriracha Refinery in the Chonburi…

Sandvik Powder Solutions acquired by Japanese firm Metal Technology Co.

Metal Technology Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kinzoku.co.jp) recent signed a share-transfer agreement to acquire all the shares of Sandvik Powder Solutions AB (SPS), a subsidiary of Sandvik Group, a leading Swedish engineering company. SPS is a powdered metallurgy solutions company…

Asahi Kasei starts up world-scale electrolysis system to generate hydrogen in Fukushima

Earlier this month, Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) and its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Engineering Corp. started up hydrogen supply at the alkaline-water electrolysis system in Namie, Futaba, Fukushima, Japan. This system boasts a world-leading scale of 10 MW. Asahi Kasei…