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Sika to sell its European industrial coatings business to Sherwin-Williams

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has agreed to sell its European industrial coatings business, based in Germany, to The Sherwin-Williams Co. (Cleveland, Ohio). In 2020, the business segment generated sales of approximately CHF 75 million (around $82 million). The transaction is…

U.S. specialty chemical markets start Q3 on strong note, ACC says

The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes grew 1.1% in July, a much faster pace than the 0.3% gain in June. This left volumes off 2.4% from pre-COVID levels. Of the 28…

Howard Midstream Energy, Port of Corpus Christi to convert refinery-services facility into carbon-neutral H2 production plant

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC  (HEP; San Antonio, Tex.) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intention to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services facility into the region’s…

Chevron and Itochu among investors in waste-to-hydrogen producer Raven SR

Raven SR Inc. (Pinedale Wyoming), a renewable fuels company, announced the closing of a $20 million strategic investment from Chevron U.S.A. Inc., ITOCHU Corp., Hyzon Motors Inc. and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production…

Johnson Matthey announces U.K. consortium to develop prototype solid-state batteries

A consortium of seven U.K.-based organizations — Johnson Matthey, Faraday Institution, Britishvolt, Oxford University, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, Emerson & Renwick and University of Warwick — has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state…

Simulation software specialist Chemstations acquired by Datacor

Chemstations (Houston), a leader in process simulation software serving the process industries, announced its acquisition by Datacor, a leading provider of process manufacturing and chemical distribution software. Datacor sells, supports, and develops Datacor ERP (formerly Chempax), the only ERP software…

Grace licenses Unipol PP technology to GAIL India

W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL®PP Process Technology to GAIL India Ltd. for a new polypropylene (PP) plant. The plant will designed…

Ineos and Wintershall announce carbon-storage pilot project in the Danish North Sea

INEOS Energy, Wintershall Dea and a consortium of 29 companies, research institutes and universities, have today signed an agreement to support the next phase of the Greensand pilot project to demonstrate the safe and permanent storage of CO2. The Greensand…

Evonik establishes standalone company for superabsorbent materials

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has established its former Baby Care Business Line as an independent company. Evonik Superabsorber GmbH in Germany, and Evonik Superabsorber LLC in the USA, took over the business on July 1, 2021. The new companies…

Doosan wins sewage treatment contract in the U.K.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) announced that its U.K. subsidiary Doosan Enpure has recently been awarded the contract for the Guildford Sewage Treatment Works Relocation project by Thames Water, UK’s largest water and wastewater services company. Doosan…