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Arkema acquires Ashland’s Performance Adhesives business for $1.65 billion

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) signed an agreement related to the acquisition of Ashland Global Holdings Inc.’s (Wilmington, Del.) Performance Adhesives business, a first-class leader in high performance adhesives for industrial applications in the United States with a unique and innovative…

Nouryon to build new ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose plant in Southeast Asia

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) plans to build a new production facility to meet the increasing global demand for innovative and sustainable additives for the rapidly growing Paints and Coatings end-market and other high-growth end-markets. The new facility will be situated…

Lummus achieves milestone for Formosa cumene and phenol project

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has achieved successful plant acceptance from Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corp. for the company's cumene and phenol plant expansion in Ningbo, China. The expansion was to an existing 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…

Energy-storage specialist Malta Inc. adds Chevron Technology Ventures as an investor

Malta Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), a pioneer in long-duration energy storage, announced that Chevron Technology Ventures and Piva Capital have joined Proman, Alfa Laval, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Dustin Moskovitz in its oversubscribed Series B financing, increasing the round to over…

Invista to double nylon 6,6 polymer production in Shanghai

Invista (Wichita, Kan.) has announced that Invista Nylon Chemicals (China) Co. plans to double its current nylon 6,6 polymer production at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) and signed a memorandum of cooperation with SCIP at a ceremony today. Following a…

Sika acquires waterproofing specialist in China

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has acquired Shenzhen Landun Holding Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of waterproofing systems in China. The company offers a comprehensive range of waterproofing products and technologies, perfectly complementing Sika’s existing portfolio. The combined offering will provide new…

Solvay and SSFC form hydrogen peroxide JV in Taiwan

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Shinkong Synthetics Fibers Corp. (SSFC), a Taiwan-based global manufacturer of PET polymer materials, announced that they have agreed upon the creation of a new joint venture (JV), Shinsol Advanced Chemicals, for the development, production and…

BASF to build pilot-plant center for catalyst development in Ludwigshafen

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is building a new pilot plant center for its catalysts business at its Ludwigshafen site. The new Catalyst Development and Solids Processing Center will serve as a global hub for pilot-scale production and process innovations of…

Sumitomo Chemical to expand production capacity for high-purity chemicals for semiconductors

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) plans to expand its production capacity for high-purity chemicals for semiconductors. The Company will install new production lines to double the capacity for high-purity sulfuric acid at its Ehime Works (Niihama city, Ehime, Japan) and…

KBR and Johnson Matthey sign alliance to license new integrated urea process

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) to license the FORMOXTM Integrated UFC Technology (iUFCTM). The innovative iUFC technology consists of JM’s methanol and UFC (Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate) production processes integrated with…