Chemical Engineering
Clean Harbors, Inc. to acquire EnviroServe for $470 million, expanding hazardous waste and rail services network
Clean Harbors, Inc. (Norwell, Massachusetts), a leading provider of environmental and industrial services throughout North America, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EnviroServe (Sandy, Utah), a national provider of environmental and waste management services,…
Charbone delivers electrolyzer to flagship Sorel-Tracy hydrogen production site
Charbone Corp. (Varennes, Quebec) announces the delivery of its electrolyzer to its flagship site in Sorel-Tracy, Québec. The arrival of this essential equipment represents one of the most significant milestones achieved to date as part of Phase 1B of the…
Clariant launches two new R&D laboratories in China
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the official launch of two new research and development laboratories for its Additives business in China: one at the Daya Bay production site in Huizhou and one at the One Clariant Campus (OCC) in Shanghai.…
Asahi Kasei announces progress on electrolyzer expansion at Kawasaki plant
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has been awarded key regional economic incentives for its ion-exchange membrane process chlor-alkali electrolysis equipment. The incentives include financial support from Kanagawa Prefecture and the City of Kawasaki for the facilities being built in Kawasaki,…
Parker Hannifin completes $9.25-billion Filtration Group acquisition
Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio), the global leader in motion and control technologies, has announced it has completed its acquisition of Filtration Group Corporation (Oak Brook, Ill.) for $9.25 billion. "The close of this transaction marks another milestone in our…
Topsoe to supply technology for First Ammonia’s Texas green ammonia facility
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has signed an agreement with First Ammonia (New York, N.Y.) to provide its dynamic ammonia synthesis technology for the company's green ammonia production facility in Victoria, Texas. The project marks another important step toward commercial-scale green…
BASF Hygiene Solutions inaugurates superabsorbents laboratory in Mumbai
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has officially inaugurated its new Performance Lab for diapers and superabsorbents (SAP) in Mumbai on Aug. 18, 2026, which will provide technical and application services to superabsorbent customers globally. The new lab of BASF's Hygiene Solutions…
Cambrex breaks ground on $30-million R&D facility at Milan site
Cambrex Corp. (East Rutherford, N.J.), a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced the start of construction on a new research and development (R&D) facility at its Milan, Italy site. This $30 million investment will add advanced…
Henkel opens packaging recyclability testing lab in Shanghai
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) has opened a new route to certified packaging recyclability testing in Asia-Pacific. The Henkel Packaging Recyclab Shanghai has passed the official audit of the cyclos-HTP Institute (CHI; Aachen, Germany). The accreditation authorizes the…
Outokumpu inaugurates biocoke agglomeration plant to reduce ferrochrome CO2 emissions
Outokumpu Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) is inaugurating a new agglomeration plant for biocoke in Tornio, Finland. The plant enables the replacement of fossil coke with biomass-based biocoke in ferrochrome production. The approximately €30 million investment marks a significant step forward in…