Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a strategic investment to expand its production capabilities in Tarragona, Spain. The investment, of close to €20 million, which was approved earlier this year will enable the construction of a new production line for aluminum…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has taken a new step to reduce scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by incorporating biogenic CO₂ provided by Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) into its soda ash and bicarbonate production plant in Dombasle, France. The initiative…
AstraZeneca (Cambridge, U.K.) announced $50 billion of investment in the United States by 2030, building on America’s global leadership in medicines manufacturing and R&D. This investment is expected to create tens of thousands of new, highly skilled direct and indirect…
The Albères-Côte Vermeille-Illibéris Community of Municipalities (CCACVI) and Veolia Water Technologies broke ground on an ambitious treated-wastewater reuse program. Located in Argelès-sur-Mer, one of France’s premier beach destinations, this strategic facility will enable the reuse of 1.3 million cubic meters…
The Busch Group (Maulburg, Germany) has announced the death of its co-founder and co-owner Dr. Karl Busch, who died on July 17, 2025, at the age of 96. The engineer, inventor and entrepreneur was born on April 20, 1929, in…
TotalEnergies SE (Paris) and Emerson’s Aspen Technology business have announced a strategic collaboration to deploy advanced digital technologies for the continuous, real-time collection of data from TotalEnergies’ industrial sites. The objective is to harness the value of that data to…
AGC Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has reached an agreement with Sumitomo Bakelite Co. (Tokyo) to transfer its polycarbonate business. AGC's polycarbonate business offers an extensive lineup in a wide range of fields that include industry and electronics in addition…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has reached a major construction milestone at the Zhanjiang Verbund site with the successful mechanical completion of the first batch of plants in the acrylics complex, including the glacial acrylic acid (GAA) and butyl acrylate (BA)…
Linde plc (Dublin, Ireland) has announced ambitious new investments into the commercial space-launch sector. With two new long-term agreements to supply bulk industrial gases for rocket launches, Linde is strengthening its leadership in the rapidly expanding U.S. space industry. As…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) has successfully started up a new plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. This Molybdenum manufacturing plant, the largest in the world, will supply leading semiconductor customers with its breakthrough advanced materials portfoilo, SubleemTM. The…