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Sumitomo Chemical develops new production technology for biomass-based liquid-crystal polymer

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has successfully established a mass production technology for liquid crystal polymer (LCP) using a monomer derived from biomass-based materials. As a global leader in the LCP market, the Company will accelerate the development of a…

Honeywell completes Sundyne acquisition

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the completion of its acquisition of Sundyne (Arvada, Colo.) from private equity firm Warburg Pincus for $2.16 billion in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition of Sundyne—a leader in the design, manufacturing, and aftermarket support…

Toray begins operations at water technology center in Saudi Arabia

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that Toray Membrane Middle East LLC (TMME) began operations at its Middle East Water Treatment Technical Center (MEWTEC) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in April. The new facility provides integrated technology services, covering everything from membranes…

Kemira to expand production capacity for sodium borohydride

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has made an investment decision to expand the sodium borohydride (SBH) powder production capacity at its Äetsä site in Finland. The scope of this investment includes a new production line and some additional process safety improvements…

BASF starts up world-scale hexamethylenediamine plant in France

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced the successful startup of its new world-scale hexamethylenediamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France, construction of which began in 2022. The plant increases BASF’s HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). “This…

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DuPont expands sterile-packaging manufacturing site in Costa Rica

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that it has expanded its sterile operations via an addition to its healthcare manufacturing facility in Heredia, Costa Rica, enabling the site to produce sterile packaging for the global medical device industry while also increasing the capacity…

Solvay and BASF join forces to reduce emissions in the hydrogen-peroxide supply chain

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) intend to jointly focus on a meaningful reduction in scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions within the hydrogen peroxide supply chain. Solvay has selected BASF as the primary supplier of aluminum chloride…

Metso to launch pCAM pilot and demo production plants

Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced plans to launch pilot and demonstration plants for the development and production of pCAM (precursor cathode-active material), supporting customers in their pCAM-related R&D and process development. These pilot and demo plants are based on advanced…

thyssenkrupp nucera awarded FEED study for 600-MW green-hydrogen project in Europe

Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) has been commissioned to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a large-scale hydrogen project in Europe. The planned water electrolysis plant will have a capacity of approximately 600 megawatts.…