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OCI to sell interest in its ammonia business

OCI Global (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) a leading global producer and distributor of nitrogen products, announced that it has reached an agreement for the sale of 100% of its equity interests in OCI Ammonia Holding B.V. (OCI AH) to AGROFERT, a.s.,…

thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by Dangote to license four urea granulation units in Nigeria

thyssenkrupp Uhde Fertilizer Technology (UFT), a licensing company of thyssenkrupp Uhde, has signed contracts with the Nigerian Company Dangote Fertiliser Limited (DFL) to provide its UFT Fluid Bed Granulation Technology for four new urea granulation trains as part of four…

Toyo Ink to expand liquid ink production at Gujarat plant

Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd., a member of Japan’s artience Group, has announced plans to expand liquid ink production at its Gujarat Plant, in western India, to meet burgeoning demand from the country’s packaging market. The new facility, which is…

Veolia to acquire Clean Earth for $3 billion

Veolia (Paris, France) announced its largest and "most transformative" acquisition since the merger with Suez both for its growth acceleration in the U.S. and for the U.S. Hazardous waste. The Group has entered into an agreement with Enviri to acquire…

Sumitomo Chemicals acquires semiconductor chemicals company in Taiwan

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Asia Union Electronic Chemical Corporation (AUECC), a Taiwanese semiconductor process chemicals company. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including obtaining…

Merck KGaA launches high-performance computing facility in Munich

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has collaborated with Lenovo Group Ltd. and Equinix Inc. to successfully launch a state-of-the-art high-performance computer in Munich, Germany, designed to accelerate innovation across the three business sectors of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany: Life Science, Healthcare…

Braskem and ComBio embark on electrification project at Paulínia site

Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced a project at its industrial unit in Paulínia (SP) aimed at enhancing competitiveness and reducing operational costs. Developed in partnership with ComBio, a Brazilian company that supplies renewable thermal energy to the industry through…

BASF expands alkyl polyglucosides production with new plant in Thailand

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the expansion of its Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) footprint in Asia with a new plant at the Bangpakong site in Thailand. The enhancement is a strategic response to strengthen its position in a growth geography and…

Toray expands production capacity for desalination RO membranes in Saudi Arabia

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that Toray Membrane Middle East LLC (TMME) has expanded capacity for desalination reverse osmosis (RO) membranes by initiating operations at a new facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. That upgrade made the company the first in…

GEA builds new large-scale mixing plant for flavor production at Symrise

GEA (AG) (Düsseldorf, Germany)  is constructing a large-scale mixing plant for flavor production for Symrise AG (Holzminden, Germany) at its main site in Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany. Symrise is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fragrances and flavors. With…