DOMO Chemicals (Ghent, Belgium; www.domochemicals.com) has completed its acquisition of Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This Business includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and Intermediates operations in France, Spain and Poland.…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will continue to power its BU Additives production facility in Knapsack, Germany, solely with 100% renewable electricity following the site’s successful pilot switch one year ago. This underlines Clariant’s continued efforts of shifting to the use…
Chris Benson, principal artificial intelligence strategist for global aerospace, defense, and security giant Lockheed Martin, will give the opening keynote presentation at the Connected Plant Conference 2020, which will take place February 25 to 27, 2020, at the Westin Peachtree…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has announced preliminary plans to expand its emulsion polymers derivatives business to extend the value of its global acetyl chain. These focused investments allow Celanese to implement integrated capital deployments to capture disproportionate growth in…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) is continuing its growth acceleration plans with an agreement to acquire the carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) business of J.M. Huber Corp. (Edison, N.J.; www.huber.com). The transaction will significantly broaden Nouryon’s portfolio of products in CMC, a…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) and Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) announced that they have signed an agreement for Celanese to acquire Nouryon’s redispersible polymer powders business offered under the Elotex brand (Elotex business). As part of the acquisition, Celanese…
During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Saft Nersac plant near Angoulême, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com), through its affiliate Saft, and PSA with Opel, are announcing their plan to combine their know-how to develop…
Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com), part of the Oman Oil Company & Orpic Group, joined eight other companies in a process to create a new, integrated energy company that will trade under the brand name OQ.OQ launched an…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com)announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Air Liquide regarding the purchase of Air Liquide’s entities in Czech Republic and Slovakia. This transaction is subject to the final and definitive agreement between…
VAKT Global Ltd. (London; www.vakt.com), a company focused on commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, has announced that Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) is its latest investor with a $5 million investment in new shares and Aramco Trading Company as…