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Clariant and India Glycols form JV for renewable ethylene oxide derivatives

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and India Glycols Limited (IGL), a leading company in the manufacturing of green technology-based chemicals, announced a strategic partnership to establish a 51-49% joint venture in renewable ethylene oxide (EO) derivatives.  By combining production and…

Hexion to expand Portland manufacturing plant

As part of its broader investment plan to drive innovation and growth in its specialty product lines, Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) intends to expand its Portland, Oregon, manufacturing site. The company is beginning the permitting stages of a second automated…

Siemens concludes sale of Flender GmbH to Carlyle Group

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) has successfully closed the sale of Flender GmbH to The Carlyle Group for €2.025 billion (enterprise value). In October 2020, Siemens announced its plans to sell the specialized supplier of mechanical and electrical drive systems to…

BASF partners with bio-surfactant specialists in Japan and the U.K.

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has recently signed two distinct partnerships agreements to expand its global leading position in the bio-based surfactants and actives market. A strategic alliance with Japan-based Allied Carbon Solutions Co.,Ltd (ACS) includes an equity stake and makes…

Alterra Energy receives ISCC certification for advanced plastics-recycling facility in Akron

Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio;www.alterraenergy.com) announced that its Akron, Ohio, advanced recycling facility has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS (ISCC PLUS) certificate as a pyrolysis plant and collection point for mixed plastic waste. Alterra Energy has developed and…

Praj wins order to set up compressed biogas plant for Hindustan Petroleum Corp.

Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India) has been awarded a breakthrough project order from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for setting up a Compressed Biogas (CBG) project at Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, India. Praj is offering its first-of-its-kind RenGas technology developed…

BASF doubles acrylic dispersions capacity in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia with new production line

BASF SE  (Ludwigshafen, Germany) started up its new acrylic dispersions production line in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, doubling its capacity. The state-of-the-art facility will produce acrylic dispersions serving the coatings, construction, adhesives, and packaging industries in Asia Pacific. The new production…

Solvay completes new high-purity hydrogen peroxide plant in Germany

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has built a new Electronic-Grade production facility for high-purity H2O2 at its Bernburg site in Germany. "Developments in society and technology in recent years have reinforced our belief that demand for our product can only grow."…

Hexion sells phenolic resins plant in China

BDA Partners announced that its client, Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio), has sold its China phenolic resins plant to Red Avenue New Materials Group Co Ltd, a publicly listed Chinese company providing diversified new materials for electronics, environmental protection, tire, and auto…

Suez awarded major water-treatment projects in Siberia and Brazil

SUEZ (Paris, France) has signed a contract for a large wastewater treatment project and has been awarded an associated 10-year service agreement with Irkutsk Polymer Plant of Irkutsk Oil Company, one of the largest independent oil and gas producers located…