Johnson Matthey Plc (JM; London) has entered into an agreement for the sale of part of its Battery Materials business to EV Metals Group, a global battery chemicals and technology business. The sale includes Johnson Matthey’s assets at the Battery…
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has acquired all shares of Danish company Dublix Technology ApS, a provider of solutions that improve the efficiency of waste-to-energy (WTE) and biomass power plants. The addition of Dublix's combustion control and boiler…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has entered into agreements for the sale of its glass processing businesses Eckelt Glas and Glas Ziegler in Austria to the privately-owned German group AEQUITA, as well as the sale of its holding in the co-venture Glaskontor…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is preparing to expand its production capacity for silicon metal at Holla, Norway. The Munich-based chemical company has already started a feasibility study to this effect. The construction of a new furnace is planned, which…
Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Johnson Matthey (JM) Battery Materials Ltd. (JMBM Canada) for approximately C$10.25 million. The acquisition is fully funded and is…
Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023. Orion is the only carbon black producer in the industry with gas black capabilities. Gas blacks,…
By opening a new concrete admixture production facility in Stafford, Virginia, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its production capacity in the growing Mid-Atlantic construction market. The opening of the new facility is Sika's response to high demand in…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is selling the TAeTTOOz materials technology for printable rechargeable batteries to the InnovationLab GmbH. The InnovationLab specializes in the development of printed and organic electronics and offers individual overall solutions from the first concept draft…
To meet growing demand for silicone rubber, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is accelerating the expansion of its production capacities. Investment projects to this end are either in the planning stage or are nearing completion. Significant capacity expansions for liquid…
Johnson Matthey plc and bp plc (Both London) have announced that their co-developed, ground-breaking Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology and Johnson Matthey’s innovative reverse water gas shift technology, HyCOgen, have been selected for use by Aramco and Repsol at a…