Trelleborg Group AB (Trelleborg, Sweden), through its business area Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, has signed an agreement and finalized the acquisition of the Austrian company Nexus Elastomer Molds GmbH. The company provides advanced, customized tooling solutions and automated manufacturing cells, primarily…
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced the signing of two strategic transactions to divest its European Petrochemicals (EP) business to AEQUITA and its Engineering Thermoplastics (ETP) business in the Americas and Europe to MUTARES, for a…
Borouge Plc (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.borouge.com) today announced the successful completion of a proof of concept for AI-powered autonomous operations at its Ruwais facility, delivered in collaboration with Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com). The milestone supports Borouge’s strategy to…
Each month, Chemical Engineering highlights several novel technologies from academia and industry in the Chementator section. From water treatment to artificial intelligence to carbon capture (and much more), the Chementator section truly covers the gamut of groundbreaking chemical engineering work.…
Looking ahead to a new year also provides an excellent canvas to reflect upon the past year. We've published our 2026 CPI Business Outlook, but we also want to look back at the topics and features that resonated most with…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has successfully commissioned the steam cracker at its newly built Verbund site in Zhanjiang in South China as scheduled. This is the first cracker in the world using 100 percent renewable energy to drive its main…
Corteva Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) and bp plc (London) announced the launch of Etlas, their new 50:50 joint venture (JV) that will produce oil from crops – including canola, mustard and sunflower – for use in the production of biofuels like…
Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com) has been awarded two large [1] contracts by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL; Mumbai, India; www.bharatpetroleum.in) for key projects at its Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai refinery in Maharashtra, India. The first contract…
Verdant Specialty Solutions, a Samyang Company, announced that it closed its acquisition of the assets of Lubrizol’s Elmendorf site, including the associated product portfolio and the on-site Research and Development laboratory. The Elmendorf acquisition significantly strengthens Verdant’s position in the…
On December 30, 2025 Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) formed a joint venture (JV) with a subsidiary of Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa (a publicly traded Indonesian cement company 53% owned by Heidelberg Materials) to acquire Indocement’s mortars business in Indonesia. The JV…