Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) and ArcelorMittal S.A. (Luxembourg City; www.arcelormittal.com), the world's largest steel producer, have recently signed two longterm renewal contracts for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal’s production sites in the industrial port areas of…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdgroup.com) announced the expansion of its end-to-end biodevelopment centers to meet increasing customer demand for its turnkey portfolio of bioprocessing products, manufacturing capabilities and industry leading technological expertise. The expansion, which includes the opening of two new…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has significantly strengthened its global manufacturing footprint for organic peroxides by completing a €22 million expansion of its Los Reyes production facility in Mexico. The new facility will produce Laurox brand organic peroxides,…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) is investing $90 million on its Clear Lake, Tex. site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies. Thus Arkema will position the Clear Lake site among the most…
A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA; www.osha.gov) dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it will increase nitrogen production to serve the growing demand of its existing customer in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is Air Products’ second phase of capacity expansion to supply…
Ube Machinery Corp., a group company of Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), completed a transfer of shares relating to their…
Linde LLC (Bridgewater, N.J.; www.lindeus.com) announced that it will soon break ground for its new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in Adel, Georgia. The plant, representing an investment of $40 million, will produce liquid atmospheric gas products essential to hospitals,…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that its subsidiary Seppic recently finalized the acquisition of the Serdex division of Bayer. This acquisition strengthens Seppic’s footprint in natural active ingredients for cosmetics. The global specialty active ingredients for cosmetics represent a market…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; www.toray.com) will establish a joint venture (JV) company with Mitsui Sugar Co. for manufacturing cellulosic sugar, a raw material used for producing various biochemical products, from the surplus bagasse generated at sugar mills. The technological demonstration…