Hermetic Pumps, Inc. (Houston, Texas) has announced the appointment of Andreas Schmidt as their new Sales Manager for North America. Hermetic Pumps VP Peter Koegl stated, “Andreas comes to us with a wealth of experience in the pump industry, as…
INEOS (London, U.K.) has built two new hand sanitizer plants in the U.S. to provide hand sanitizer to hospitals for free. The facilities will be located in Jacksonville, near Little Rock Arkansas and Neville Island in Pennsylvania. Each site will…
Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) announced that it has commenced deliveries under a long-term agreement with Messer Group to supply carbon dioxide (CO2) to a newly-constructed, state-of-the-art CO2 plant located adjacent to the Aemetis ethanol plant. This week, the Aemetis 65…
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (Philadelphia, Pa.) broke ground on the newest phase of its Jiading plant in Shanghai, which represents an important new investment in environmentally responsible waterborne coatings by the company in China. Expected to be operational by early…
3M (St. Paul,. Minn.) announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all of its drug delivery business to an affiliate of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC., for approximately $650 million in total consideration, including cash, an interest-bearing security, and…
Hong Kong is embarking on a semi-research project to facilitate territory-wide recycling of woody waste material. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has appointed Black & Veatch (BV; Overland Park, Kan.) to be…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced it has completed the acquisition of the vinyl pyridine latex (VP latex) business from Synthomer plc (London, U.K.). Trinseo funded the acquisition from cash on hand; the value of the transaction is not material to the…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo, Japan) announced that its New York-based subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. (MCA) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Gelest Intermediate Holdings, Inc., the parent of…
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The coronavirus pandemic has very quickly changed our lives in ways we could not have imagined even a few short months ago. Our vocabulary reflects some of these changes, with new terms that have become commonplace, like “social distancing” and…