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 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, 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…
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) announced the start of a catalytic cracking complex construction project at the Perm refinery. The project is implemented under an agreement with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on providing an investment incentive as part…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) intends to take over the microbial control business of the U.S. group International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF). Both companies signed a corresponding agreement on August 23, 2021. IFF Microbial Control is one of the leading…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 70% in Brazilian Personal Care Specialties company Beraca from the founding Sabará family. Clariant has held a 30% stake in the company since 2015. The purchase price will…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has agreed to sell its European industrial coatings business, based in Germany, to The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Cleveland, Ohio). In 2020, the business segment generated sales of approximately CHF 75 million (around $82 million). The transaction is…
A consortium of seven U.K.-based organizations — Johnson Matthey, Faraday Institution, Britishvolt, Oxford University, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, Emerson & Renwick and University of Warwick — has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state…
Chemstations (Houston), a leader in process simulation software serving the process industries, announced its acquisition by Datacor, a leading provider of process manufacturing and chemical distribution software. Datacor sells, supports, and develops Datacor ERP (formerly Chempax), the only ERP software…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL®PP Process Technology to GAIL India Ltd. for a new polypropylene (PP) plant. The plant will designed…