Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Tasnee (www.tasnee.com), one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Saudi Arabia, today announced the signing of an agreement to establish a masterbatches joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia. Within the framework of the agreement, through…
Edwards Group Ltd. (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com), a leading manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products and abatement systems and a global provider of related value-added services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business and certain assets of Gamma Vacuum,…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is manufacturing more and more flowmeters in Suzhou, China, with the principal growth drivers being water and wastewater industry. Endress+Hauser Flowtec, global leader in flow measurement technology, has reacted by enlarging its plant in the…
Nanostart AG’s ItN Nanovation AG (Saarbrücken, Germany; www.itn-nanovation.de) has bindingly received via its local agent Juffali Chemical Products Co. two big orders for ItN flat membrane filters (CFM Systems) for a total of more than €4,5 million. The orders, which…
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired the specialty coatings business of Henkel. The products are sold under the brand names MiraFoil and Miracure and are mainly supplied to the packaging industry in North America. The business…
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will be utilizing ammonia technology from ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-uhde.de) in its new ammonia plant Ma’aden II, being built near the port of Ras al Khair in the Arabian Gulf. As a…
Praj Industries (Pune, India; www.praj.net), a process solutions company for bioethanol, alcohol and brewery, water and wastewater and critical process equipment has broken ground on an integrated second-generation (2G) cellulosic ethanol plant, the first of its kind in South Asia.…
Showa Shell Sekiyu (Tokyo; www.showa-shell.co.jp) has announced that it will build a thermal power plant fueled by woody biomass and palm kernel shells on the site of its former Ohgimachi plant at the Keihin refinery complex in Kawasaki City, Japan.…
Albemarle Corporation (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) successfully started up a new catalyst manufacturing plant at its facility in Yeosu, South Korea. The plant will produce commercial quantities of single site metallocene catalysts, including grades enhanced by Albemarle's proprietary ActivCat activation…
Solazyme, Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.; www.solazyme.com), a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Sasol Olefins & Surfactants have announced that they have finalized commercial terms for the supply of an algal oil rich in erucic acid (C22:1) that is…