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Vitol’s WPU selects Sulzer for new chemical recycling facility at Port of Rotterdam
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has been selected by WPU, part of Vitol, to provide its PyroCon™ technology and engineering services for its new chemical recycling facility in the Netherlands. The new WPU site will process up to 80,000 metric tons…
Air Liquide makes $170 million investment in SK hynix semiconductor fab in Indiana
As part of a long-term contract, Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will build, own and operate two new production units in Indiana to deliver ultra-pure gases to the first U.S. semiconductor fab of SK hynix, a South Korean global leader in…
Biochemicals Converting Renewable Feedstocks into High-Value Products
As regulatory pressure and decarbonization targets continue to drive the chemical industry away from fossil-based feedstocks, biochemicals are emerging as essential building blocks of the circular economy. Derived from biomass, organic residues, and waste streams, they enable the production of…
Yara to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia facility in Texas
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Yara North America, Inc., has reached an agreement to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia’s (GCA) ammonia production facility in Texas City, Texas from GCA Holdings LLC, affiliated with Lotus Infrastructure Partners and…
Axens to acquire Air Liquide’s methanol-to-olefins technology portfolio
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that it has signed an agreement with Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) to acquire its Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) technology portfolio, including the Lurgi Methanol-to-Propylene™ technology. This addition expands Axens’ SAF portfolio through Axens’ Jetanol® process chain, offering its…
Covestro acquires Vencorex chemical plants in Thailand and Texas
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) completed the acquisition of two former Vencorex production sites for hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). derivatives in Rayong, Thailand, and Freeport, Texas, USA. With the acquisition, Covestro expands its production footprint for HDI derivatives and reaffirms its commitment…
New high-pressure homogenizer series for small- and medium-scale production
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 completes strategic acquisitions in Malaysia and Singapore
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 to expand HPAPI manufacturing capacity at Visp site
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 to acquire AI firm Cognite for $3.1 billion
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…