Chemical Engineering
ENEOS constructs methylcyclohexane plant in Australia
ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo) has constructed a large-scale demonstration plant in Queensland, Australia, to produce methylcyclohexane (MCH), a hydrogen carrier, using its proprietary low-cost "electrochemical synthesis of organic hydride" method (Direct MCH®). An opening ceremony was held on Oct. 6. Following…
Process Development at the ROSS Test & Development Center
As manufacturing processes become increasingly complex, companies across the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, adhesive, chemical, battery, and specialty materials industries are under growing pressure to improve product consistency, accelerate scale-up, and reduce operational costs. Achieving these goals depends heavily on…
France’s Biotech Open Platform opens at Michelin’s Innovation Park
Two years after its creation by Danone S.A. (Paris), Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA (Clermont-Ferrand, France), DMC Biotechnologies Inc. (Boulder, Colo.), Crédit Agricole Centre France (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Clermont Auvergne Innovation S.A.S. (Aubière, France) and Greentech S.A. (Saint-Beauzire, France), Biotech…
Sherwin-Williams opens expanded paint and coatings plant in North Carolina
The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting celebrating the grand opening of its expanded architectural paint and coatings manufacturing facility in Statesville, N.C. The Statesville facility is now Sherwin-Williams' largest plant in North America. The expansion represents the…
Schneider Electric to acquire software firm PTC in $22.6-billion deal
Schneider Electric S.E. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PTC Inc. (Boston, Mass.), a provider of industrial product design, engineering and data-management software, in an all-cash deal that values PTC's equity at about $22.6 billion (€20.1 billion),…
Bayer to construct new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Ohio
Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced plans to invest $2.2 billion in a new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in New Albany, Ohio. Building on more than $7 billion in U.S. pharma R&D and manufacturing spend over the past five years, the project…
Henkel completes acquisition of Stahl Holdings, expanding into specialty coatings
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) has successfully completed the acquisition of Stahl Holdings B.V. (Waalwijk, Netherlands), a global player in high-performance specialty coatings for flexible materials. Following the fulfillment of all closing conditions, including the required regulatory approvals,…
Axens to provide process design package for U.S. tire pyrolysis oil project
Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France)], a global leader in process technologies for refining, petrochemicals, and circular economy applications, has been selected by a U.S.-based investor and project developer to provide a Process Design Package for a hydroprocessing unit designed to process…
Arkema expands battery Center of Excellence in France with €10 million investment
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) is continuing to invest in the battery value chain and recently announced a €10 million expansion project for its Global Battery Center of Excellence located in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. This investment reflects…
Elkem invests in furnace upgrade project at Rana plant in northern Norway
Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) has approved an investment of NOK 260 million to renew a furnace at Elkem Rana in Northern Norway, securing the plant's long-term production of ferrosilicon and Microsilica. The project includes replacement of one of Elkem Rana's two…