Chemical
Chemical | 19 April 2022

Lygos and Flexible Solutions International signs merger agreement

The companies plan to integrate the two complementary technology platforms, expand the portfolio of multi-functional organic acids, and scale production to meet the increasing demand for sustainable products for agricultural, industrial, and consumer applications

Chemical
Chemical | 19 April 2022

Toyo Ink expands inkjet ink capacity in France

Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals has started operations of an all-new EUR13-million production facility for inkjet inks at its manufacturing complex in Oissel

Chemical
Chemical | 18 April 2022

Sumitomo Chemical to exit caprolactam business

Growing production demand in China and loss of overall competitiveness led to shut down of the business

General
General | 18 April 2022

Geocann and Averix Bio to partner on API phytocannabinoid ingredients

This partnership allows both companies to become first movers to bridge an inevitable gap with the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, and veterinary sectors

Chemical
Chemical | 18 April 2022

Symrise completes €750 million ESG-linked promissory loan notes transaction

The transaction will be executed in five tranches with a maturity of four to ten years

General
General | 18 April 2022

Honeywell strengthens its sustainability commitments

The new pledges include a commitment to develop a science-based target with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) that includes scope 3 emissions and participation in the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Climate Challenge

Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles | 18 April 2022

Glencore and General Motors enter multi-year cobalt supply agreement

The cobalt processed from Australia will be used in GM’s Ultium battery cathodes, which will power electric vehicles

General
General | 18 April 2022

Symrise launches new grade of bio-based caprylyl glycol

This new grade of caprylyl glycol offers all the properties, benefits, and high quality of the synthetic grade, Hydrolite CG with a greater degree of sustainability due to its 100% biobased sourcing.

Battery
Battery | 18 April 2022

CATL partners with Indonesian firms on $6 bn battery materials project

Companies will work on nickel mining and processing, EV battery materials, EV battery manufacturing, and battery recycling

Chemical
Chemical | 15 April 2022

Dow approves $3 billion share buyback

New buyback program does not have an expiration date and is additive to the current outstanding program, which has approximately $775 million of authorization remaining that the Company intends to repurchase by mid-2022

Chemical
Chemical | 15 April 2022

Corteva opens its first seed applied technologies center in Europe

Company invested €6 million on this project

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 April 2022

Technip, Alterra to jointly develop sustainable plastics projects for petchem sector

The combination of both companies’ solutions ensures Alterra’s recycled PyOil is drop-in ready feedstock to further accelerate the replacement of hydrocarbon-based oil with recycled feedstock in the production of new plastic-based materials

Chemical
Chemical | 15 April 2022

Clariant completes divestment of 50% stake in Scientific Design

Net cash inflow amounts to $139.4 million.

General
General | 15 April 2022

Ashland expands distribution deal with Univar for pharma ingredients

Under the agreement, Univar Solutions customers in Brazil and Mexico will have access to Ashland's binders and disintegrants for solid dosage forms, matrix formers for modulated release drugs and coatings for regular and modulated release solid dosage forms

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 April 2022

Bridgestone, LanzaTech partner on tire recycling technologies

The companies plan to develop a new business model that will create a post-consumer waste management strategy for end-of-life tires, while also driving increased adoption of sustainably sourced chemicals for commercial applications

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 April 2022

Viva Energy acquires Australian polymer business of LyondellBasell

The acquisition broadens the scope of Viva Energy’s manufacturing capability, and further diversifies our product mix and marketing opportunities

Gas
Gas | 15 April 2022

Air Products acquires Air Liquide’s industrial gases business in UAE and Bahrain

Financial terms are not being disclosed for the agreement

Technology
Technology | 15 April 2022

KBR awarded technology contract by Taiwanese refinery

KBR will supply its ROSE supercritical Solvent De-Asphalting (SDA) technology and Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU) to Taiwan’s state-owned oil company, CPC Corporation

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 15 April 2022

Greenko partners with John Cockerill to build hydrogen electrolyzers gigafactory in India

The two companies will build a hydrogen electrolyser Gigafactory targeting capacity of two gigawatts which will substitute 8% of India LNG imports

General
General | 14 April 2022

Thermo Fisher deploys cryo-transmission electron microscope at CCMB, Hyderabad

The new facility’s technology will enable researchers to work with samples at cryogenic temperatures, at around -173C0, and image individual molecules

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