Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada; www.methanex.com) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OCI Global’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.oci-global.com) international methanol business for $2.05 billion. The transaction includes OCI’s interest in two world-scale methanol facilities in…
Nanoform Finland Plc (Helsinki, Finland), a nanoparticle medicine enabling company, and Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced an expansion of their collaboration to cover biologic drug delivery. The companies will combine Nanoform’s Biologics platform with the Celanese VitalDose Drug Delivery platform…
OneD Battery Sciences (Palo Alto, Calif.) announced the successful completion and commissioning of its SINANODE pilot production line in Moses Lake, Washington. This milestone marks an important step forward in scaling up the production of OneD's silicon-graphite anode materials for…
LOTTE Energy Materials (Seoul, South Korea) is set to commence full-scale sales of key materials for next-generation all-solid-state batteries with the completion of a pilot plant for sulfide-based solid electrolytes. LOTTE Energy Materials has invested 15 billion KRW (around $11…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has developed new high-quality iron oxides for use in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and received the prestigious ICIS Innovation Award 2024. The award in the category “Best Product Innovation from a Large Company” recognizes LANXESS’…
Westlake Global Compounds and Westlake Dimex, business units of Westlake Corp. (Houston), announced the launch of “Choose Pink,” a pilot polyvinyl chloride (PVC) recycling program with Houston Methodist Hospital. The program is the first-of-its-kind at a health care system in…
MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) announced that a 10-MW green hydrogen plant, the largest in Central and Eastern Europe, has started production at MOL's Százhalombatta refinery. The facility produces 1,600 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen which…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has completed the sale of Freeglass GmbH & Co. KG, its business manufacturing exterior plastic components for the automotive industry, to HF Opportunities GmbH, a division of Hannover Finanz. The business, with its industrial plant located…
SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC (SAFFiRE) broke ground on its pilot plant at Conestoga Energy’s Arkalon Energy facility in Liberal, Kansas, marking a significant step in SAFFiRE’s journey to transform corn stover into an abundant low carbon feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel…
Waste-management and recycling company Cory Group (London) has announced a strategic partnership with Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies on its planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Cory is aiming to be net zero by 2030, and capturing…