ExxonMobil (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has increased production of critical raw materials for personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and gowns, and hand sanitizer used by medical professionals and first responders leading the efforts to combat the global COVID-19 pandemic. ExxonMobil…
As the chemical process industries (CPI) continue to operate during the current pandemic as part of our critical infrastructure, companies that supply needed equipment and services to the CPI are taking steps to remain open to support them. Here are…
Agilyx Corp. (Agilyx; Tigard, Ore.; www.agilyx.com) announced the licensing of its technology to Toyo Styrene Co., LTD (Toyo Styrene), an affiliate of Denka Company Ltd. The site technology license agreement enables Toyo Styrene to deploy the Agilyx technology near Toyo…
Thai Oil Public Company Limited (Thaioil; www.thaioilgroup.com) has signed an agreement with Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) to license Topsoe’s SNOX solution to efficiently remove sulfur and nitrogen oxides and dust emissions from their Sriracha Refinery in the Chonburi…
Metal Technology Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kinzoku.co.jp) recent signed a share-transfer agreement to acquire all the shares of Sandvik Powder Solutions AB (SPS), a subsidiary of Sandvik Group, a leading Swedish engineering company. SPS is a powdered metallurgy solutions company…
Earlier this month, Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) and its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Engineering Corp. started up hydrogen supply at the alkaline-water electrolysis system in Namie, Futaba, Fukushima, Japan. This system boasts a world-leading scale of 10 MW. Asahi Kasei…
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore; www.ntu.edu.sg) have developed a semi-autonomous robot that can disinfect large surfaces quickly. The researchers are planning to have public trials to support Singapore’s fight against COVID-19. Named eXtreme Disinfection roBOT (XDBOT), it…
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) and Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan; www.sanyo-chemical.co.jp) have announced that their proposed business integration has been delayed due to the global outbreak of COVID-19. This integration was planned to establish a joint…
In the second quarter of 2020, Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) tripled its delivery volumes of n-propanol in Europe due to very high demand from manufacturers of hand sanitizers and the printing industry. Oxea is the world’s largest…
Sibur (Moscow, Russia; www.sibur.ru) and its partner Brochesia (Rome, Italy; www.brochesia.com), a leading company specialized in the development of integrated software solutions for wearable devices, such as smart glasses and augmented reality (AR), have announced the adoption of Brochesia solutions…