Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd. (ZC Rubber; Hangzhou, China; www.zc-rubber.com) and Nanjing Lvjinren Rubber & Plastic High-tech Co., Ltd. have signed an on-line contract for the expansion capacity of recycled rubber. The project, which will be fully operational in September…
Sundyne (Arvada, Colorado; www.sundyne.com), a designer and manufacturer of API-compliant pumps and compressors, announced that leading global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has completed the acquisition of Sundyne, from BC Partners Advisors L.P. and The Carlyle Group. This acquisition…
GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) has been awarded a follow-up contract by Utkal Alumina to build a third line of multi-stage falling-film evaporators at Uktal’s alumina refinery in Orissa, India. GEA already delivered the first two evaporator lines with…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an unprecedented impact around the world and needed medical, health and hygiene products are in short supply. After assessing the company’s capability to manufacture hand sanitizer at its facilities around the world, Dow (Midland,…
Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) CEO Dr. Markus Steilemann will be the new Vice President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI; www.vci.de). The presidium appointed the 49-year-old to the new position, in a written circulation procedure on account of the…
Aveva (London; www.aveva.com) announced that it has acquired production accounting software from South Korean based company MESEnter to extend Aveva’s value chain optimization solution. MESEnter’s software offering, previously branded MES ENTER ErrorSolver and now rebranded Aveva Production Accounting, has been…
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Air Liquide (Houston, Tex.; www.airliquide.com) in the U.S. has activated business continuity plans to maximize efficiency and maintain its activities, while increasing its medical gas production capabilities to meet the current demand. Air…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced that it will establish a joint venture company by joint incorporation-type company split with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) to succeed the electrolyte business for lithium-ion rechargeable battery and other applications of…
Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) recently held a signing ceremony for its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration with the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone in Jiangsu province, China. By facilitating expansion at Dow’s signature manufacturing site in Zhangjiagang with potential investments…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) is expanding its partnership with Sumitomo Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) to include a new plant that Sumitomo is building at its site in Oita, Japan. The new plant will supply a key raw material…