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thyssenkrupp Uhde and Praj Industries to partner on polylactic acid production

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s polymer specialist subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer (UIF) and Praj Industries Ltd. (PIL; Pune, India)  announced a strategic partnership to jointly offer an end-to-end integrated technology for the production of Polylactic Acid (PLA). This strategic partnership offers a unique, seamless…

Aclara Resources inaugurates rare-earths pilot plant in Brazil

Aclara Resources Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) announced the official inauguration of its semi-industrial heavy rare earths pilot plant facility in Aparecida de Goiania, Goias, Brazil. The ceremony was attended by key government authorities from the State of Goias, the Municipality…

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces $2 billion investment in U.S. operations

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) will invest an additional $2 billion in the United States over the next four years, strengthening American innovation, manufacturing and economic competitiveness across the life sciences sector. As one of the largest manufacturers of…

Saipem awarded contract by Eni for Liverpool Bay CCS project

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has been awarded a contract by Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) in the U.K. for the Liverpool Bay CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) project. The value of the contract is estimated approximately 520 million euros…

Borouge announces significant expansion projects

Borouge Plc announced a series of significant, strategic asset expansion projects to accelerate its growth, contributing annually between $165 million and $200 million in EBITDA. The company has awarded two major contracts aimed at boosting the nameplate capacity of its…

Merck KGaA to acquire SpringWorks Therapeutics

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (Stamford, Conn.), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on severe rare diseases and cancer, announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Merck KGaA to acquire SpringWorks Therapeutics. The purchase price…

Asahi Kasei starts joint demonstration project for recycling metals from electrolyzer components

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) has started a joint demonstration with Nobian, Furuya Metal, and Mastermelt on the recycling of metals, including precious metals, used in the cells and electrodes incorporated in electrolyzers used for the production of caustic soda. Through…

Lummus Technology to acquire NAPCON assets from Neste

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced the companies have signed an agreement in which Lummus Technology will acquire the intellectual property and certain assets of NAPCON, Neste’s proprietary digital technology solutions provider. The agreement also includes the…

ICL to acquire ag-biochemical tech firm Lavie Bio

Evogene Ltd.  a leading computational biology company, announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which ICL Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) will acquire the majority of activity of Evogene's subsidiary, Lavie Bio Ltd. As part of the agreement, ICL will…

Clariant and Midrex reinforce partnership for lower-carbon steel production

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that it has renewed its successful partnership with Midrex Technologies, Inc. and will intensify collaboration in direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for steel production. A low-carbon alternative to conventional coal-based ironmaking, natural gas-based DRI converts…