BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) Personal Care has started the production of hand sanitizers at different production sites in Europe. The products are being provided free of charge to hospitals, care facilities and other institutions in regions surrounding production plants.…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands; www.huntsman.com) has begun producing hand sanitizer at its manufacturing site in McIntosh, Alabama, for distribution to health care facilities in the United States. The move follows the company’s announcement on March 23 that it would begin…
AGC Inc. (Tokyo; www.agc.com) has announced its decision to expand facilities at its pharmaceuticals CDMO (Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization) business subsidiary AGC Pharma Chemicals Europe S. L. U., headquartered in Catalonia, Spain. This initiative will not only upgrade existing…
Cambrex Corp. (East Rutherford, N.J.; www.cambrex.com) has completed an expansion of its biopharmaceutical analysis capabilities at the Durham, North Carolina site. Biopharmaceutical analysis services were initially launched at Durham in 2018 and have since been expanded through the purchase and…
As the Covid-19 outbreak persists, the need for additional N95 face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) has been growing. Many companies are adding or augmenting production to facilitate increased PPE demand, including DuPont and Cummins; Porvair; ExxonMobil and…
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.; www.cummins.com) and DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) are collaborating to provide N95 respirator masks. Cummins’ NanoNet and NanoForce Media technology, which uses DuPont’s Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT), can typically…
Woodward, Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.; www.woodward.com) and Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) announced that the companies have mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement, previously announced on January 12, 2020, under which the parties had agreed to combine in an…
In the fight against the coronavirus crisis, hospitals are in dire need of mechanical ventilators to treat COVID 19 patients. In response to this shortage, 3D-printing specialist Materialise N.V. (Leuven, Belgium; www.materialise.com) has developed the Materialise NIP Connector, a device…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that Shenghong Petrochemical Group will use five Honeywell UOP Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for a new refinery complex in Lianyuangang, Jiangsu Province in China. “Petrochemical manufacturers including…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Mauvilac Industries Limited, a leading paints and coatings company in Mauritius. The transaction includes a local production facility, four concept stores and access to…