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Ametek sells alloys business for $250 million

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…

ADM expands operations in Brazil with Yerbalatina acquisition

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 acquires furnace and heat-element specialist Thermaltek

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 acquires Belgium-based manufacturer of engineered metal seals

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, Anhui Guozhen and Chemtex sign license agreement on cellulosic ethanol technology

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…

Svante, LafargeHolcim, Oxy and Total launch study for commercial-scale carbon capture plant in Colorado

Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com), Svante Inc., LafargeHolcim and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental, announced a joint study to assess the viability and design of a commercial-scale carbon-capture facility at the Holcim Portland Cement…

KBR announces first commercial license for its new PDH technology

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has won the first commercial contract for its K-PRO Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) Technology, which the company first introduced in January 2019. This innovative and environmentally friendly technology will be utilized for a 600,000-ton PDH plant by a…

Cabot to acquire China-based carbon nanotube manufacturer

Cabot China Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabot Corp. (Boston, Mass;. www.cabot-corp.com), entered into an agreement to purchase Shenzhen Sanshun Nano New Materials Co., Ltd. (SUSN), a leading carbon nanotube (CNT) producer in China, for approximately $115 million in…

Huntsman finalizes sale of chemical intermediates business to Indorama

Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced that it has completed the sale of its chemical intermediates businesses, which includes PO/MTBE, and its surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indoramaventures.com) in a transaction valued at approximately…

Veolia to take over Alcoa hazardous-waste treatment site in Arkansas

Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com), through its subsidiary Veolia North America, announced that it has signed an agreement to take over Alcoa USA Corp.’s Hazardous Waste Treatment Site located in Gum Springs, Arkansas (USA). With this operation, Veolia continues the global expansion…