Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Yara North America, Inc., has reached an agreement to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia’s (GCA) ammonia production facility in Texas City, Texas from GCA Holdings LLC, affiliated with Lotus Infrastructure Partners and…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that it has signed an agreement with Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) to acquire its Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) technology portfolio, including the Lurgi Methanol-to-Propylene™ technology. This addition expands Axens’ SAF portfolio through Axens’ Jetanol® process chain, offering its…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) completed the acquisition of two former Vencorex production sites for hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). derivatives in Rayong, Thailand, and Freeport, Texas, USA. With the acquisition, Covestro expands its production footprint for HDI derivatives and reaffirms its commitment…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares in WKS Group (Singapore and Malaysia), in Wipco (Malaysia) and the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Kobewel…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to enhance its drug-linker center of excellence and expand payload-linker manufacturing capacity at its Visp site. The expansion will establish new commercial-scale capabilities for the manufacture of highly complex and highly potent active pharmaceutical…
Schneider Electric SE (Paris) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Cognite Holding (Tempe, Ariz.), a leading provider of industrial data and AI software, in an all cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion. Industrial…
The growing demand for lithium, driven by the rapid expansion of electric vehicles and energy storage systems, has intensified interest in more sustainable and economically viable refining technologies that permit domestic refining capacity. Electrolysis-based lithium refining presents a promising alternative…
The production of salable co-products can substantially improve the economics for CO2 conversion processes. A new electrified thermochemical process developed by startup Reduciner Oy (Espoo, Finland; www.reduciner.com) combines captured CO2 streams with biochar to produce carbon monoxide, along with activated…
Researchers at the University of Birmingham (www.birmingham.ac.uk) have demonstrated a new production method for ultra-thin catalysts, unlocking new capabilities for the catalytic breakdown of persistent water pollutants. “The production method takes layered materials as the precursor, disperses them in a…
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