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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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 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…