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BASF partners with Air Liquide and Shenergy to advance a more sustainable MDI value chain

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) signed a multi-year cooperation agreement with Air Liquide Group’s (Air Liquide) subsidiary, Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Co., Ltd. (SCIPIG), and Shenergy Group’s subsidiary, Shanghai Shenji Energy & Environment Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenji). The collaboration…

Zachry Group awarded FEED contract for “blue” methanol project in Louisiana

Zachry Group (San Antonio, Tex.) has been awarded the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) scope for the Lake Charles Methanol II Project, a groundbreaking initiative that will establish the world’s largest low-carbon “blue” methanol facility and rank as the fifth-largest methanol…

Parker Hannifin to acquire Filtration Group for $9.25 billion

Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio), the global leader in motion and control technologies, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Filtration Group Corp. on a cash-free, debt-free basis for a cash purchase price of $9.25 billion,…

Solvay and Noveon forge partnership for light and heavy rare-earth materials supply

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Noveon Magnetics announced the execution of a supply agreement for light and heavy rare earth materials. Under the said agreement, Solvay will supply Noveon with rare earth oxides starting in 2026. The partnership is a…

LOTTE Chemical completes petrochemicals complex in Indonesia

LOTTE Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it held a completion ceremony for LOTTE Chemical Indonesia (LCI) in Cilegon, Banten Province, Indonesia. The ceremony was attended by LOTTE Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, LOTTE Chemical CEO Lee Young-jun, Indonesian President Prabowo…

Messer and PVChem form JV for industrial gas production in Vietnam

Petrovietnam Chemical and Services Corporation (PVChem), a member of the Vietnam National Industry and Energy Group (Petrovietnam), and the German industrial gases specialist Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Bad Soden, Germany) officially signed a Joint Venture Agreement to establish Cái…

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical expands electronic materials plant in Thailand

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC; Tokyo) announced the completion of construction of a new plant expansion at MGC Electrotechno (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (ETT), a subsidiary of MGC Electrotechno Co. (ET) dedicated to manufacturing BT materials for semiconductor packages. The MGC…

Honeywell and TotalEnergies pilot AI-assisted control room at Port Arthur Refinery

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced a collaboration with TotalEnergies (Paris) for the ongoing pilot of its AI-assisted Experion Operations Assistant at TotalEnergies' Port Arthur Refinery in Texas. The initiative aims to support and empower operators to make timely and…

Sumitomo Chemical and Samsung Electro-Mechanics form JV to produce glass core materials

 Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) to establish a joint venture (JV) for manufacturing Glass Core, a key material for next-generation package substrates. The MOU signing ceremony was held…

BASF Coatings commissions new plant in Germany

BASF Coatings has successfully commissioned a state-of-the-art production plant for automotive OEM coatings at its Muenster site in Germany. The new facility is designed to produce high-runner products, namely colors that currently represent the majority of market demand, and ensure…