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Sumitomo Chemical to establish JV with Samsung Electro-Mechanics for semiconductor materials

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that its wholly owned Korean subsidiary, Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd. (Dongwoo Fine-Chem), has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, South Korea) to establish a joint venture company that…

Solstice Advanced Materials to acquire Element Solutions in $14.5-billion deal

Solstice Advanced Materials (Morris Plains, N.J.; formerly part of Honeywell) and Element Solutions Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Solstice to acquire Element in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $14.5 billion,…

Verde Hydrogen announces 25-MW electrolyzer contract with China Coal Energy Group

Hydrogen technology provider Verde Hydrogen (Stoughton, Mass.) has secured a landmark supply contract with China Coal Energy Group, tasked with delivering a full set of core electrolysis equipment for Phase I of the group’s large-scale off-grid renewable green hydrogen flagship…

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…

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…