Chemical Engineering
Merck KGaA to divest CDMO business to Lonza
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has signed a definitive agreement to divest its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) business within its Life Science business sector to Lonza Group Ltd. (Basel, Switzerland). The transaction advances the mid- to long-term strategic agenda…
Pansonic makes investment to expand materials production for AI markets
Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) is actively investing in AI-related businesses to support the growing demand in the generative AI market. The company will expand its production capacity for MEGTRON high-performance multi-layer circuit board materials and SP-Cap conductive polymer aluminum…
Veolia to supply wastewater treatment for Arauco’s Sucuriú pulp mill in Brazil
Global pulp producer Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. (Arauco; Santiago, Chile) has chosen Veolia Environnement S.A. (Veolia; Aubervilliers, France), the world leader in water treatment technologies, to develop the water treatment line for the Sucuriú Project. The contract covers the…
ACT-ion opens Texas pilot plant to produce cathode active materials
ACT-ion Battery Technologies, Inc. (Dallas; “ACT-ion”), an innovator in battery material manufacturing, today celebrated the grand opening of its pilot plant at 1200 Tappan Circle in Carrollton, Texas. The facility is now fully commissioned and ready to produce cathode active…
FieldComm Group names Tianxin Pharmaceutical 2026 Plant of the Year
FieldComm Group Inc. (Austin, Texas), a global industrial automation standards organization defining open, interoperable standards for industrial communication, device management and enterprise connectivity, has named Tianxin Pharmaceutical (Jiangxi) Co., Ltd. (Leping, China) its 2026 Plant of the Year, recognizing the…
BASF to establish new electronic materials production site in Nanjing
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has signed an investment agreement with Nanjing Jiangbei New Area to establish a new electronic materials production site in Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Materials High-Tech Park. The investment reinforces BASF’s commitment to supporting the development of…
Tata Projects wins EPC contract for GSFC phosphoric acid–sulfuric acid complex in Gujarat
Tata Projects Ltd. (Mumbai, India) an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company and a key member of the Tata Group (Mumbai, India), has secured a significant EPC contract from Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (GSFC; Vadodara, India) for the…
Cambrex breaks ground on $120 million expansion at Iowa API site
Cambrex Corp. (East Rutherford, N.J.), a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has marked the groundbreaking of its $120 million expansion at its Charles City, Iowa, facility. The expansion will add 160,000 liters of manufacturing capacity, increasing the site's…
LyondellBasell to sell former Houston refinery site to Valero for $320.5 million
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its former Houston Refinery site and related assets to Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. (San Antonio, Tex,). The…
AdvanSix selected for USDA grant to expand ammonia capacity in Virginia
AdvanSix Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.) announced it has been selected to receive $47.4 million in proposed funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) program. This funding will support Project…