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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) and Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan; www.sanyo-chemical.co.jp) have announced that their proposed business integration has been delayed due to the global outbreak of COVID-19. This integration was planned to establish a joint…
In the second quarter of 2020, Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) tripled its delivery volumes of n-propanol in Europe due to very high demand from manufacturers of hand sanitizers and the printing industry. Oxea is the world’s largest…
Sibur (Moscow, Russia; www.sibur.ru) and its partner Brochesia (Rome, Italy; www.brochesia.com), a leading company specialized in the development of integrated software solutions for wearable devices, such as smart glasses and augmented reality (AR), have announced the adoption of Brochesia solutions…
Koch Separation Solutions (KSS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochseparation.com) announced it is expanding the manufacturing capacity of its PURON reinforced hollow-fiber membrane technology by 50%. This manufacturing expansion reflects KSS’s significant growth and an increased ability to quickly serve businesses that utilize…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with hydrogen technologies specialist Hydrogène de France (HDF) to jointly manufacture megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels. Hydrogen power is an area of interest in many…