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Clariant announces the divestment of its business in Venezuela

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that it signed and closed the divestment of its legal entity (Clariant Venezuela S.A.) in Venezuela for around $1.8 million (CHF ~ 1.4 million) to CMV Química, C.A., Venezuela as part of the ongoing footprint…

A high-performance visual monitoring system for paper and pulp processing

The recently renewed IQ Web Monitoring System (WMS) has been designed to elevate quality and efficiency in processing pulp, paper and tissue, as well as paper and board converting Fully integrated with this company's automation systems, the user interface of…

Akzo Nobel to upgrade coatings production site in Illinois

Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam) is investing €50 million to upgrade its Waukegan, Illinois, facility in the US – the company’s biggest aerospace coatings production site. As well as increasing capacity, installing new machinery and introducing more automated processes, the two-phase…

Ecolab closes acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics ultrapure water business

Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics business, a leading and fast-growing global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. The acquisition extends Ecolab’s scope along the entire artificial intelligence…

AFRY awarded detailed engineering assignment for Kemira’s reactivation plant in Sweden

AFRY AB (Stockholm, Sweden) will carry out detailed design for Kemira’s new activated carbon plant in Helsingborg, Sweden. The project aims to meet the growing demand for sustainable water treatment solutions. Activated carbon is a byproduct from industrial processes such…

NextChem inaugurates new plastics upcycling plant in Italy

NextChem (Maire; Milan, Italy; www.nextchem.com) inaugurated its new premises at MyReplast 30,000 square-meter upcycling plant in Bedizzole, Brescia, during a ceremony attended by local authorities and company top management. The new building includes meeting rooms and new offices, as well…

An ultra-compact pressure scanner for high-accuracy testing in tiny spaces

This company has launched its smallest digital-pressure scanner, the picoDAQ. Measuring just 83.4mm by 14.8mm by 9.6mm, the tiny dimensions of the picoDAQ make it ideal for high-accuracy pressure testing in applications where space is limited but precision remains critical.…

Syensqo’s Moerdijk plant receives ISCC PLUS mass-balance certification for bio-circular products

Syensqo’s manufacturing site in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, has obtained ISCC PLUS mass balance certification for a key Rhodasurf® laundry care surfactant produced at its on-pipe ethoxylation1 facilities.    The certification confirms that the site has a third-party-validated process in place, known as…

Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials completes expansion of custom electrolyte facility

Orbia Advance Corporation S.A.B. de C.V. Fluor & Energy Materials announced it has completed the expansion of its Custom Electrolyte facility for lithium-ion and other battery chemistries in Madison, Wisconsin, increasing the site production capacity by roughly 300%. The second…

ABB to power Vulcan Energy’s renewable lithium project in Germany

ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) has been selected by Vulcan Energy to deliver the complete electrical infrastructure for its Phase One Lionheart Project in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany. Combining renewable energy generation with lithium extraction and processing, the development will…