SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions has been awarded a contract to design and build water treatment, wastewater recycle, and waste recovery systems for VinyThai Public Company Limited, a major market leader in manufacturing plastic and chemical products in Thailand.…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has signed a 15-year agreement with Suzano, a world leading eucalyptus pulp producer. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will commission its sustainable Integrated Manufacturing Model for the new Suzano eucalyptus pulp mill in the municipality of…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Sibur (Moscow, Russia) announced that the companies have signed a collaboration agreement to license a dedicated technology for the production of hexene-1 from ethylene. Hexene-1 is a comonomer of choice in the production of high-value specialty resins.…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) has announced plans to construct the world’s largest plant exclusively for battery cathode materials by teaming up with Gumi City as it targets the rapidly growing battery market. The company announced on Jan. 11th…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has acquired GEO’s di-methylolpropionic Acid [DMPA] business, further emphasizing its commitment as the sustainable specialty solution provider within the resins and coatings segment. This acquisition further accentuates the company’s strategic presence in Polyurethane and Alkyds dispersions…
Honeywell announced that the Lanaz Company will use UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed Platforming process units to upgrade its refinery in Iraq so it can produce more cleaner-burning transportation fuels. The project marks the first use of UOP modular…
SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions completed the acquisition of Sentinel Monitoring Systems, a real-time microbial monitoring company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. Sentinel Monitoring Systems develops products that provide real-time and near-real-time solutions to monitor the effectiveness of microbial control within life sciences ultrapure…
AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. (AGCCA; Exton, Pa.) announced an expansion at its Thorndale, Pennsylvania production facility that will add up to 50% more manufacturing, quality control lab and office space. The multiuse facility will be configured to meet the growing needs…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) and PeproTech, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of recombinant proteins, today announced that Thermo Fisher completed its acquisition of PeproTech on December 30, 2021 for a total cash purchase price of approximately $1.85 billion. Based…
WL Plastics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of INEOS USA LLC d/b/a INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA, has completed the acquisition of the polyethylene pipe extrusion assets of Charter Plastics, Inc. located in Titusville, Pennsylvania. This strategic acquisition provides the…