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Lotte invests in novel medical-device manufacturer Physiologas Technologies

LOTTE Holdings, Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced an investment in Physiologas Technologies, a pioneering Japanese medical device company developing next-generation hemodialysis system aimed at transforming chronic kidney disease care. Founded in 2020, Physiologas is a preclinical stage medical device company…

DIC Corp. establishes new plant for direct food-contact coatings in Jakarta

DIC Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has established a new production facility for direct food-contact coatings on the site of a plant belonging to PT. DIC Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary located in Jakarta, Indonesia. This new facility is the…

ITM Power supplying 20-MW electrolyzer platform for West Wales Hydrogen project

ITM Power plc (Sheffield, U.K.) announced the signing of a supply agreement and binding heads of terms for a long-term services agreement with MorGen Energy for the 20-MW West Wales Hydrogen project in Milford Haven, U.K. This milestone marks a…

Aclara Resources and Virginia Tech enter partnership for rare-earths separation pilot plant

Aclara Resources Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) announced a strategic partnership with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, Va.) for the operation of its rare earths (REE) separation pilot plant. The facility will showcase Aclara's solvent extraction technology…

Cornell chemists develop electrochemical method for creating chiral molecules for pharmaceuticals

Chemists from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) have developed a way to use electrochemistry to make chiral molecules, which occur in mirrored pairs, like human hands. Common in pharmaceuticals, chiral molecules are important to get right to be effective and safe. …

JordProxa building CO₂ capture plant at Eneabba rare earths refinery in Western Australia

Iluka Resources has awarded JordProxa Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia) the contract to supply a custom-engineered CO₂ capture plant for its flagship Eneabba rare-earths refinery in Western Australia — a first-of-its-kind facility in Australia and among only a few rare earths…

Covestro expands aliphatics production with acquisition of two plants from Vencorex

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has signed an agreement with Vencorex Holding SAS, a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand), to acquire two legal entities with stand-alone production sites for HDI (Hexamethylene Diisocyanate) derivates in Rayong, Thailand and…

Mosaic to sell potash mining assets in Rosário do Catete, Brazil

The Mosaic Co. (Tampa, Fla.) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Mosaic Potassio Mineração Ltda (MPM), the entity that operates the Taquari-Vassouras potash mine located in Rosário do Catete, Sergipe, Brazil, to VL Mineração Ltda. Upon…

Eastman and Huafon Chemical to establish cellulose-acetate yarn manufacturing plant in China

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.)  announced a formal strategic partnership with Huafon Chemical to establish a joint facility to produce cellulose-acetate yarn. The facility will be dedicated to localized production and product innovation of Eastman Naia cellulose acetate filament yarns…

Sartorius Stedim Biotech invests in Nanotein Technologies to help scale up cell therapy solutions

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Aubagne, France) and Nanotein Technologies, a developer of next-generation immune cell activation reagents, have entered into a partnership. As part of the collaboration, Sartorius will invest up to $3 million in a minority shareholding in Nanotein Technologies…