SUEZ (Paris, France) announced it has completed the sale of its Recycling & Recovery operations in Sweden to PreZero, the environmental division of Schwarz Group, in accordance with the announcement of September 21, 2020. The transaction enables a solid future…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC and Axens NA Inc. successful began ongoing operations and production of 1-Butene at Raven 1-Butene, LLC, which is an asset based on Axens AlphaButol technology located in Baytown, Texas. “We are excited…
10 billion post-consumer PET plastic bottles from across Europe will be recycled per year by 2023 in Indorama Ventures Ltd.’s (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) new and expanded facilities in France and Poland. IVL is investing $1.5 billion globally to expand its…
This has certainly been a year to remember, and as 2020 comes to an end this month, I expect we are all looking forward to the new year with hope. There are encouraging signs for better days to come. While…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzlerand) has announced a significant investment to expand its particle engineering and drug product capabilities to meet increased market demand at its Bend, Oregon site. New suites for the development and clinical manufacture of drug product intermediates…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ennis-Flint, a global manufacturer of coatings with a broad portfolio of pavement marking products, including paint, thermoplastics and other advanced traffic technologies. The transaction, valued at approximately…
Optitune Oy (Oulu, Finland) has developed an ultra-flexible hard coating material with best-in-class optics and durability based on its proprietary siloxane-based technology. Recently, more and more top brands are introducing foldable phones based on large foldable organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) displays.…
hte GmbH – the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany) has been selected by Bechtel, a global engineering, construction, and project management company, to produce white petroleum waxes from refinery waxes in hte’s R&D pilot plant. These highly valuable products…
A new mobile TIP-TITE Drum Dumper with safety cage (photo) allows hands-free, automated dumping of bulk solid materials from 30- to 55-gal (115- to 200-L) drums throughout the plant, with no dusting or danger associated with sudden shifting of contents.…
A new project in Canada will build a pilot facility to demonstrate a carbon-neutral production strategy for battery-grade graphite materials. Nouveau Monde Graphite (Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, Canada; www.nouveaumonde.ca) has signed an agreement with Olin Corp. (Clayton, Mo.; www.olin.com) to construct two…