Baker Hughes, Inc. (Houston) and Petroliam Nasional Berhad of Malaysia (Petronas), announced that they have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership to explore business initiatives that have the potential to support the delivery of Asia’s energy…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with Sanofi S.A. (Paris, France) to enable additional U.S. drug product manufacturing. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Thermo Fisher will acquire…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has announced an investment exceeding $50 million to build an additional gas production plant at the site of one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers in the Southeastern U.S.. This strategic investment underscores Air Liquide's long-term…
Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has developed a PFAS-free negative-type ArF immersion resist for use in advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes. The new PFAS-free ArF immersion resist is a photoresist (Material used to coat wafer substrate when circuit patterns are…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany recently invited leading representatives from the semiconductor industry to Darmstadt to come together and discuss the role of Germany and Europe in this global industry. With world-leading technologies and solutions in materials, lasers, optics, electronics, chip…
Qore, a joint venture of Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) and HELM AG (Hamburg, Germany), is officially starting production of QIRA, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol (BDO) made from locally grown dent corn. QIRA is derived from annually renewable crops and…
Panasonic Energy Co., a Panasonic Group company, announced the official opening of its new cylindrical lithium-ion battery factory for electric vehicles (EVs). Located in De Soto, just outside Kansas City, the facility marks the opening of one of the largest…
Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo), through its U.S. subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, announced a strategic investment in Independence Hydrogen to develop additional decentralized hydrogen production and distribution projects in the United States. Independence Hydrogen, Inc. is a privately held company that…
Alongside Governor Josh Shapiro, Verne Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.; ) announced that it will open its first manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. The nearly $4.5-million project will create at least 61 new, full-time jobs in Lycoming County and further cement Pennsylvania’s…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced the startup of the carbon dioxide (CO2) dehydration and compression facility at its Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana. The facility will enable the transportation and permanent geological sequestration of up to 2 million metric…