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…
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 (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 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 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 (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…
Elantas, a division of the specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com), is acquiring the wire enamels activities of Hubergroup India and thus growing its business in India. The products taken over will be manufactured at the Ankleshwar production site…
Grupa Azoty SA (Tarnów, Poland; www.grupaazoty.com) has announced that a subsidiary operating within its Plastics Business Segment has launched a new manufacturing/compounding plant for modified plastics with a production capacity of 50,000 tons per year. The business and technological partner…
Lonza Group (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) and Allevi (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.allevi3d.com) are collaborating to bring the elements needed for 3D bioprinting together. Combining Lonza’s primary cells and media with Allevi’s 3D bioprinters and bioink production capabilities will empower researchers with the…