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Fujifilm completes new post-CMP cleaner production plant at Oita, tripling capacity
Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has announced the completion of a new production facility for post-CMP cleaners at the Oita Factory of FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. (FFEM), the core company leading Fujifilm's semiconductor materials business. The facility began operations in…
INEOS Inovyn to acquire ethylene dichloride assets in the U.K.
INEOS Inovyn (London, U.K.) has confirmed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shareholding in Runcorn MCP Limited, together with the assets and employees associated with ethylene dichloride (EDC) production at Runcorn, from Vynova Runcorn Limited, following its entry into…
Enapter starts AEM electrolyzer stack production in China
Enapter AG (Hamburg, Germany) is implementing its previously announced realignment toward an asset-light business model, with the start of AEM electrolyzer stack production at new production partner Runqing Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, China), a member of the Runshihua Group,…
AI-driven coating process demonstrated for all-solid-state battery cathode materials
Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and Powrex Corp. (Itami, Japan) have completed a joint demonstration to investigate optimal coating conditions for the surfaces of cathode active materials used in all-solid-state battery manufacturing — a process designed to prevent output degradation…
Mitsui and European Energy expand reach of global e-methanol deliveries
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) and renewable energy company European Energy A/S (Søborg, Denmark) are working to expand the customer base and applications for the world's first e-methanol, produced at a plant established by Solar Park Kassø ApS, a…
Asahi Kasei develops lithium carbonate pre-doping technology to boost energy density in silicon-anode batteries
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), a diversified global company, has developed a novel pre-doping technology for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with silicon-based anodes. This technology enables lithium carbonate to serve as an additional lithium source at lower voltages, reducing the…
Maaden and Aramco form JV for copper and transition-mineral exploration
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have announced the signing of a shareholders' agreement to form a joint venture (JV) to unlock new opportunities in mineral exploration and hard-rock mining in the…
Mitsubishi Chemical to establish new commercial production facilities for ultra-high-purity colloidal silica
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has announced plans to commercialize ultra-high-purity colloidal silica for use as a raw material for polishing agents in cutting-edge semiconductors. The company plans to establish new production facilities at its Kyushu Plant (Fukuoka Area) in…
Messer to expand industrial-gas production capacity in Northern Vietnam
Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Bad Soden, Germany) has announced two major projects in Thai Nguyen Province to expand its production network in Northern Vietnam. At its existing site in Yen Binh, the company will build a new air separation…
Saipem selected to provide engineering services for Aduro’s plastic-waste recycling facility
Saipem S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) has been selected by Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ontario, Canada), a company specializing in the valorization and chemical recycling of plastic waste, to provide preliminary services for the development of its first industrial-scale facility. The…