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Air Liquide invests €130 million in high-purity gas supply in Singapore

In the frame of two new long-term contracts, Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will build, own and operate two new state-of-the-art industrial gas facilities to support the expansion of a leading semiconductor manufacturer in Singapore, for a total investment of €130…

DuPont acquires reverse-osmosis company in China

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) has signed an agreement to acquire Sinochem (Ningbo) RO Memtech Co., Ltd. (“Sinochem (Ningbo) Memtech”) to expand its reverse osmosis (RO) manufacturing footprint into China and the Asia Pacific region. With advanced membrane and fabrication production technologies,…

LG Chem develops liquid photo-imageable dielectric for semiconductor packaging

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it has completed the development of a liquid photo-imageable dielectric (PID), a key material for advanced semiconductor packaging, and is now gearing up to actively address the demand in AI and other…

Veolia partners with Hazer Group on environmental studies of methane pyrolysis products

Hazer Group Ltd. (Perth, Australia) has entered into a collaboration arrangement with Veolia S.A. (Paris) to explore the deployment of the Hazer process and its co-products across a range of applications including water treatment, waste and energy management.  This collaboration…

Sika acquires mortar manufacturing firm in Denmark

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has acquired Marlon Tørmørtel A/S, a mortar manufacturer in Denmark. The company is renowned for its strong product portfolio and its excellent customer service. The acquisition creates a growth platform for Sika in the Nordics, providing…

Louis Dreyfus Company completes purchase of BASF’s Food and Health Performance Ingredients business

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the successful completion of the sale of BASF’s Food and Health Performance Ingredients Business, previously part of BASF’s Nutrition & Health division, to Louis Dreyfus Company…

Arkema launches Battery Dry Coating Laboratory in Normandy

Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) officially launched its Battery Dry Coating Laboratory, located at the Cerdato Research Center in Normandy, France, together with its valued customers and partners. This state-of-the-art facility complements Arkema’s global network of R&D labs dedicated to the…

Fibrous MOFs significantly accelerate CO2-adsorption kinetics

Solid adsorbents, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), have shown great promise in carbon-capture applications as an alternative to traditional amine-based processes. Typically, adsorbent materials are manufactured as powders and converted into beads or pellets to make them more suitable for large-scale…

Low-cost graphene-encapsulation technology improves cathode lifetimes

Battery performance tends to degrade over time due to the natural wear that occurs when, for example, cathode active materials (CAMs) expand and contract while shuttling ions for the reversible storage and release of electrical energy. CAMs also degrade due…

Nozzle Penetrations in Pressure Vessels: Two Methods for Reinforcement Design

Pressure vessels are weakened when nozzles must be introduced, and reinforcement is required to compensate. Presented here are two methods for calculating the necessary reinforcement When pressure vessels are penetrated for introducing nozzles, the vessel is weakened and must be…