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DSM expands in India with acquisition of SRF Ltd.’s Specialty Materials business

Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands: www.dsm.com) has reached agreement with SRF Ltd., to acquire its Engineering Plastics business, a leading player in India in the development, production and sale of specialty materials. The acquisition is expected to close in Q3…

BASF signs exclusive contract with Lactips to market bio-based and biodegradable films

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Lactips (Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, France;  www.lactips.com) signed an exclusive contract to market Lactips’ water-soluble, bio-based and fully biodegradable material. This long-term partnership supports BASF’s strategy to leverage sustainable solutions to drive business growth. BASF and Lactips…

Bayer to build new cell-culture technology center in California

Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com) announced today it will invest $150 million in its Berkeley, Calif. pharmaceutical development and manufacturing site to build a Cell Culture Technology Center that will be used to accelerate the development of biological therapies. Once…

Perstorp will construct new plant for sodium formate deicer product

Perstorp AB (Perstorp, Sweden; www.perstorp.com), a global leader in the specialty chemicals market, has announced a decision to construct a new plant in Perstorp, Sweden. The plant will increase capacity for Pergrip Run NF, the sodium formate deicer product for…

Dover acquires All-Flo

Dover Corp. (Downers Grove, Ill.; www.dovercorporation.com) has completed the acquisition of the All-Flo Pump Company, Limited business (All-Flo; Mentor, Ohio), which is now part of the Pump Solutions Group (PSG; www.psgdover.com) unit within Dover’s Fluids segment. Founded in 1986, All-Flo…

Clariant to open state-of-the-art consumer care innovation center near NYC

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) plans to open a state-of-the-art consumer care innovation center near New York City in mid-2019. With this Consumer Care Innovation Center (CCIC), Clariant further strengthens its ability to leverage its portfolio of solutions to provide more…

Trimax Systems joins forces with Tesco Controls

Tesco Controls, Inc. (Sacramento, Calif.; www.tescocontrols.com), a leading North American control system solutions provider for the water and wastewater industry, has acquired Trimax Systems, Inc. (Brea, Calif.) for an undisclosed sum. Trimax is a systems integrator serving the water and…

Stamicarbon signs contract for urea melt and granulation plant for ShchekinoAzot in Russia

Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed a contract for license, process design package (PDP) and proprietary equipment supply for a grass root urea melt and granulation plant for ShchekinoAzot,…

Clariant Catalysts and Wuxi Xiyuan win further contracts for formaldehyde production projects in China

Clariant Catalysts (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) will be collaborating with its engineering partner, Wuxi Xiyuan, in two new projects to supply their joint formaldehyde production technology. The new contracts, awarded by Shandong Yushiju Chemical and Shandong Sunny Wealth New Materials, will…

Sphera acquires chemical data management software company SiteHawk

Sphera (Chicago, Ill.; www.sphera.com) the largest global provider of Integrated Risk Management software and information services with a focus on Environmental Health & Safety, Operational Risk and Product Stewardship, announces the acquisition of SiteHawk, a leading software and services provider…