The KOB series is a new cost-efficient line of homogenizers capable of reaching pressures up to 400 bars. The series is designed to give small and medium production plants economic access to industrial-grade performance. With KOB models 11, 22, 45…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares in WKS Group (Singapore and Malaysia), in Wipco (Malaysia) and the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Kobewel…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to enhance its drug-linker center of excellence and expand payload-linker manufacturing capacity at its Visp site. The expansion will establish new commercial-scale capabilities for the manufacture of highly complex and highly potent active pharmaceutical…
Schneider Electric SE (Paris) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Cognite Holding (Tempe, Ariz.), a leading provider of industrial data and AI software, in an all cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion. Industrial…
INEOS Enterprises announced the completion of the sale of INEOS Calabrian, its ultra-pure sulfur dioxide and derivatives business, to Ecovyst Inc. (Malvern, Pa.). The transaction, valued at $190 million, marks the successful conclusion of a strategic divestment first announced in…
The Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland) opened two new facilities in the United States in June 2026. With these locations in Greenwood, Indiana, and Edgmont, Pennsylvania, the company is further expanding its presence in the country and strengthening its collaboration with…
Japanese pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Peptistar has integrated Asahi Kasei Corp.'s novel forward osmosis–membrane distillation (FO–MD) system into its facility for trial production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Asahi Kasei announced in 2018 the development of a…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) announced the signing of a 1.1 billion SEK (102 million EUR) contract to supply Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) pre-treatment technology for Acelen's new biorefinery project in Brazil. The order will be fulfilled in phases until…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been selected to provide technology licensing and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) services based on its PureSAF℠ technology for the proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant being developed by Keppel Ltd.’s (Keppel) Keppel Infrastructure Division and Aster…
Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio), Technip Energies (Paris), and Neste (Espoo, Finalnd) announced the commercial launch of Nerea™, a new type of industrial offering designed to accelerate the deployment of chemical recycling projects for plastic waste. By transitioning from bespoke engineering…