Ube Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) has annoucned its decision to acquire Premium Composite Technology North America, Inc. (PCTNA), a consolidated subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation. PCTNA engages in the commissioned manufacturing of compounds in the United States, from its…
Praxair Surface Technologies (PST; Indianapolis, Ind.; www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com), a Linde Company, and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) have signed a new agreement to strengthen their continuous relationship. The new contract covers a range of coating services across all Siemens products. Aerospace…
In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, an unprecedented demand for sanitizing and disinfectant products is beginning to ripple through the manufacturing sector. For instance, Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has decided to repurpose a production line in order to manufacture 20…
Germany’s first publicly accessible hydrogen network is due to supply increasing quantities of green hydrogen (H2) to industrial companies in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia from late 2022 onwards. BP plc (London; www.bp.com), Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), transmission system operator…
The Additives business of Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Floreon-Transforming Packaging Limited announced a new collaboration to further extend the performance properties and market potential of biopolymers, while preserving their environmental benefits. By integrating the benefits of Clariant’s additives…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has concluded a purchase agreement to acquire innovativeHealth Group (innoHealth), with the transaction due to be completed before the end of March. Headquartered at the Scientific Park of Madrid (Spain), innoHealth's technology platforms screen…
Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd. (SPA), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp), has developed a new product to be added to the lineup of SPALF aluminum laminate film, which is used as packaging material for pouch-type…
Gazprom Neft (St. Petersburg, Russia; www.gazprom-neft.com) is continuing its construction of a high-tech-catalyst production facility in Omsk, with the future plant set to produce 21,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of modern catalysts to be used in key processes involved…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announced the development of an advanced collagen platform that is made via fermentation-based processes and devoid of animal- or human-derived materials. The recombinant technology will, for the first time, provide pharmaceutical, medical, cell culture…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded the Heating Systems Energy Efficiency Study by the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore. KBR will provide consultancy services to study the energy performance of heating systems in energy-intensive industrial facilities…