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Solenis acquires paper chemicals business in South Africa

Solenis LLC (Wilmington, Del.) closed on its previously announced acquisition of the paper business of ChemSystems, a division of AECI Ltd. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, ChemSystems is a leading producer and supplier of specialized chemical solutions for water-intensive industries,…

Celanese working with Chinese partners to scale up a new acrylic-acid production method

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that its subsidiary, Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical Co. Ltd., has recently signed a tri-party agreement with Southwest Institute of Chemical Ltd. (SWCHEM), based in Chengdu, China, and Yankuang Lunan Chemical Co. (Lunan) based in Teng Zhou,…

Dow and Johnson Matthey license INA technology in China

Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Johnson Matthey (London, U.K.) announced that China-based company, Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Ltd. (QXTD), has selected LP Oxo Technology to produce isononyl alcohol (INA) at its new manufacturing facility.  “QXTD will be the first in the industry…

Siemens to supply compression equipment for Pertamina’s Balikpapan Refinery

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG (Erlangen, Germany) has been selected to supply a range of compression and power generation equipment for the Balikpapan Refinery located on Borneo Island in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Siemens was also recently awarded…

Dow, ArcelorMittal, Yara and more join cross-border carbon-capture consortium

Capturing CO2 then reusing it or storing it underground is one way to meet climate targets. Under the wings of Smart Delta Resources, a cross-border consortium of companies is taking the first step towards using this approach to significantly reduce…

North Sea green-hydrogen project welcomes a new partner

Neptune Energy (London) and DEME Group (Zwijndrecht, Belgiujm) have announced that DEME Offshore is joining the PosHYdon offshore hydrogen pilot as partner. DEME is the world leader in offshore wind energy and recently entered into partnerships through its subsidiary DEME…

Veolia to install Anammox wastewater treatment unit in Australia

Veolia Water Technologies and Urban Utilities are working to install Asia Pacific’s first full-scale sidestream ANITA Mox treatment plant this year. A first-of-its-kind in Australia, this organic and environmentally-focused technology is an exciting development for the wastewater treatment industry. Construction…

BP licenses PTA technology to Weilian Chemical

BP plc (London, U.K.) has entered into an agreement to license its latest generation technology for the production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) to China’s Dongying Weilian Chemical Co., Ltd. Weilian Chemical intends to build a 2.5 million ton/yr PTA…

Ecolab closes sale of Holchem Group to Kersia

Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) closed on the sale of Holchem Group Limited, a U.K.-based supplier of hygiene and cleaning products and services, to Kersia, a biosecurity and food safety company. Ecolab’s acquisition of Holchem in December 2018 was subject…

Outotec to divest selected sludge-related technologies to Küttner Martin Technology

Following the announcement on December 10, 2019 to divest three businesses, Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland;) has concluded an agreement to sell certain municipal and industrial sludge incineration plant technologies to Küttner Martin Technology GMBH, based in Germany. The transaction entails…