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BASF Venture Capital invests in leading industrial AI company IntelliSense.io
IntelliSense.io (Cambridge, England) and BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC; Ludwigshafen, Germany) today announced that BVC is leading a strategic investment round in IntelliSense.io with follow-on participation from a group of U.K.-based technology angel investors, including Steve Garnett and Stephen Kelly.…
Suez to equip world’s largest MABR wastewater-treatment system in Canada
Suez Water Technologies announced that the Region of Waterloo (Canada) has selected SUEZ’s ZeeLung technology to equip what will be the largest Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) system in the world at the Hespeler Wastewater Treatment Plant, in Ontario. The…
Henkel Adhesive Technologies breaks ground on North Carolina production site
Henkel Adhesive Technologies recently broke ground for a new, state-of-the-art production area for UV-curable acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) at the site in Salisbury, North Carolina. The new facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2021. This…
Clariant and Chemtex to collaborate on developing biofuels plants in China
The biofuel business unit of Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that a strategic partnership has been formed with Chemtex Global Corp. for the realization of second-generation biofuel projects. Under the partnership, the two parties will collaborate to market and sell…
Lanxess sells leather chemicals business for €80 million
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) is selling its organic leather chemicals business to TFL Ledertechnik GmbH. TFL is a global supplier of leather chemicals and a portfolio company of US investment company Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. Both companies signed an…
New video series provides flow-measurement education
Fox Thermal has releases a 3-Part “Industry Leader in Mass Flow Measurement” video series. This video series was designed to introduce viewers to the company, the versatile thermal mass flow technology, and the Fox Thermal product feature advantages that set…
Shaping the next decade: AIChE virtual keynote highlights digitzation, sustainability
The 2020 AIChE Spring Meeting & 16th GCPS kicked off this morning with a virtual keynote address given by Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel, CEO of LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). Entitled “Beyond the Horizon: The Factors and Forces Affecting the Global…
Aemetis to begin producing USP-grade alcohols
As part of its second quarter 2020 financial results, Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) announced plans to begin production U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) grade alcohol. “As the largest-capacity high-grade alcohol producer in the Western US,” Eric A. McAfee, Aemetis Chairman and CEO…
Endress+Hauster to construct European logistics hub near Frankfurt
Endress+Hauser is strengthening its logistics capabilities in Europe. Business partner Hellmann Worldwide Logistics will operate a modern, high-performance logistics center on behalf of the Group in Wörrstadt, Germany near Frankfurt Airport. The hub is scheduled to be completed and in…
Neste to supply sustainable aviation fuel to three major U.S. airlines
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) is supplying Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The low-carbon and high-quality fuel will contribute to each airline’s efforts to reach their…