MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) celebrated the topping-out ceremony for its new membrane production plant in Darmstadt, Germany. With the new facility, the company plans to expand manufacturing of Millipore Express membranes, which are critical components in Millipore Express filters and help…
Honeywell has acquired privately held Rocky Research, a Boulder City, Nevada-based technology leader specializing in thermal, energy and power management solutions. This acquisition expands Honeywell's existing, broad portfolio, which includes power generation systems, energy storage, and power and thermal…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has launched a new production line for polycarbonate (PC) films in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand. With the new capacity, the company aims to meet the rapidly growing demand in the Asia-Pacific region…
Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil Burgas for a petrochemical facility in Bulgaria. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for a 280,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) unit…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Stockholm, Sweden; www.kva.se) today announced that the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (www.emanuelle-charpentier-lab.org) in Berlin, Germany, and…
Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Neb.; www.monolithmaterials.com), a leader in clean energy and chemical production, today announced it plans to use its proprietary process to produce approximately 275,000 metric tons per year of carbon-free anhydrous ammonia in the United States. Current ammonia…
AspenONE V12, the newest release of the leading asset-optimization software platform, embeds artificial intelligence (AI) across the portfolio, and uses the cloud for delivery of enterprise-wide analytics and insights for increased safety, sustainability, and improved margins. AspenONE's Hybrid Models bring…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia) and Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to set up a joint venture company for collaboration in the industrial infrastructure business in Cilegon, Banten Province,…
With the commissioning of a new production facility in Chengdu, China, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its capacity in the rapidly growing mortar market in China. In addition to profiting from the strong demand, Sika can also benefit…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that group company SDC Technologies, Inc. has acquired Cotec GmbH. Engaged in the manufacture, sale and research of hydrophobic and anti-reflective coatings, Cotec officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of SDC on October 1,…