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DuPont to acquire Rogers Corp. for $5.2 billion

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rogers Corp. (Chandler, Ariz.) for $5.2 billion. Rogers is a global leader in engineered materials and components, with unmatched application engineering expertise and leading positions in markets where its…

MilliporeSigma launches new technology and expanded capacity to advance ADC therapies

 MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that its Life Science business sector has launched new technology and expanded capacity to advance antibody-drug conjugant  (ADC) therapies. These initiatives underscore MilliporeSigma’s continued investment in…

Mitsubishi Chemical licenses patent for biomass-based polyester to Mitsui Chemicals

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) recently signed a licensing agreement with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) for the related patent including MCC-owned basic patent (JP4380654) on a biomass-based polyester. The products covered by this license include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which use…

Plug Power and Lhyfe announce partnership to develop green hydrogen plants in Europe

Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.) and Lhyfe, a French producer and supplier of green hydrogen, announced an partnership to jointly pursue and develop green hydrogen generation plants throughout Europe. The initiative seeks to generate a total hydrogen capacity of 300 MW…

Merck and Siemens collaborate on digitalized supply-chain solutions

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany), an innovation leader in automation and digitalization, Germany, plan to develop and implement solutions that offer unprecedented levels of digital trust in machine-to-machine (M2M) connected industrial value chains. This would help…

Recently Published Books for the CPI: November 2021

The following is a list of recently published books with relevance to various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI) Biodiesel Technology and Applications. Edited by Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula and Mashallah Rezakazemi, Wiley & Sons Publishing Ltd.,…

The 46th Kirkpatrick Award winner

Chemical Engineering is pleased to announce that the winner of the 46th Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award is Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark), for its hydrotreating catalyst TK-6001 HySwell. We congratulate Haldor Topsoe for this winning achievement. Halsor Topsoe’s TK-6001…

Haldor Topsoe wins the 2021 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award

  Chemical Engineering is pleased to announce that the winner of the 46th Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award is Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark), for its hydrotreating catalyst TK-6001 HySwell — an alumina-supported NiMo hydrotreating catalyst. NiMo catalysts are in…

New balance enclosures provide enhanced containment

The VSE balance enclosure (photo) is offered in 24-, 36- and 48-in. widths to accommodate an analytical balance and other small-scale lab processes. The balance is constructed of chemical-resistant metal framing and¼-in.-thick clear acrylic side panels and viewing sash. Efficient…

A turboemulsifier system designed with hygiene in mind

The Pharma-Mek (photo) is a vacuum turboemulsifier suitable for processing liquid and creamy products, designed to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical industry. The Pharma-Mek has been designed and developed following hygiene and cleaning design guidelines, in order to ensure…