Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc. (Van Dyke; Columbia, Md.; www.vdtg.com), a 180-person cybersecurity firm specializing in identity and access management, threat mitigation and other cybersecurity solutions for enterprise networks…
The Catalyst Div. of BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.catalysts.basf.com) and CAMX Power LLC (CAMX; Lexington, Mass.; www.camxpower.com) today announced that BASF has been granted a license under the intellectual property of CAMX relating to the CAMX suite of CAM-7…
Robert Wassmer will be joining Kelvion, a globally active manufacturer of industrial heat exchangers, as CEO and managing director of Kelvion Holding GmbH (Bochum, Germany; www.kelvion.com), effective as of 1 July, 2016. Wassmer is an experienced CEO with extensive…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has signed an agreement to acquire a 17% share in BioSpectrum, Inc. (South Korea; www.biospectrum.com), a leading developer and supplier of specialty active cosmetics’ ingredients derived from Asia’s diverse flora that have proven benefits for…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corp. (MCO) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) have announced their collaboration with Exxon Mobil Corp. (www.exxonmobile.com) to develop and explore new applications for their latest…
Vertellus Specialties (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.vertellus.com), a global manufacturer of fine and specialty chemicals, has expanded DEET (diethyl toluamide) production capacity at its Greensboro, N.C. site. Initiated in January 2016, the completed expansion boosts DEET production capacity by 80%. DEET is…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has been awarded the prestigious U.S. Water Prize by the U.S. Water Alliance for its work in promoting and enabling more sustainable use and management of water by companies across the water value…
BOC (London, U.K.; www.boconline.com), the UK’s largest supplier of industrial gases, has announced that it has signed an agreement with ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, to provide infrastructure for ITM Power’s new electrolyzer-based hydrogen refueling stations…
INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT; Shanghai, China; www.ipt.invista.com) and China Prosperity (Jiangyin) Petrochemical Company Limited (also referred to as Hanbang Petrochemical) announced successful start-up of China Prosperity’s second PTA (purified terephthalic acid) line. On-spec product was achieved within 24 hours of…
Wholesale trade in chemicals rose 0.5% (to $9.96 billion) during February, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), but at the same time, inventories climbed 0.1% to $12.81 billion.…