Pembina Pipeline Corporation (Calgary, Alb., Canada; www.pembina.com), along with Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (PIC) of Kuwait, has announced that Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC) has executed a lump sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract related to the construction of…
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Avnet Data Security, LTD, an Israeli-based cybersecurity provider with over 20 years of experience providing cybersecurity services. Avnet offers a full set of…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced its largest-ever investment in the United States in winning a long-term onsite business-model supply agreement for a project with Gulf Coast Ammonia (GCA) in Texas City, Texas. Air Products will build, own and…
Istanbul, Turkey-based Alkim Alkali Kimya A.S. (Alkim), one of the largest sodium sulfate producers in the world, decided to invest in its Koralkim facility near Dazkırı on the coast of lake Acıgöl to produce up to 50,000 tons per year…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has decided to establish its subsidiary’s second factory in Shanghai to produce high-purity gases for electronics. Shanghai Showa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. (SSE), which is SDK’s wholly owned subsidiary producing high-purity gases for electronics,…
Ametek Inc. (Berwyn, Pa.; www.ametek.com) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Reading Alloys business to Kymera International, a leading specialty materials company that is owned by affiliates of Palladium Equity Partners, LLC. Founded…
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM; www.adm.com) announced that it has acquired Yerbalatina Phytoactives, a pioneering natural plant-based extracts and ingredients manufacturer. “ADM is a global leader in nutrition, and we are proud to be at the cutting edge of many…
Sandvik Group (Stockholm, Sweden; www.home.sandvik.com) has acquired privately owned Thermaltek Inc., a manufacturer of high-temperature furnace systems and metallic heating elements headquartered in North Carolina "Through this acquisition we add further strength to our leading position in industrial heating, a…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France; www.saint-gobain.com) has acquired Belgium-based High Tech Metal Seals (HTMS), a designer and manufacturer of engineered metal seals for the industrial, energy and aerospace markets. It completes the Group’s product range in offering tailor-made solutions in the sealing…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), Anhui Guozhen Group (www.ahgze.com.cn), and Chemtex Chemical Engineering (www.chemtex.com) signed a license agreement on Clariant's sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology (www.sunliquid.com). The Anhui Guozhen Group and Chemtex have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with the…