Chemical
Chemical | 14 January 2022

Benvic acquires Trinity Specialty Compounding

With this acquisition, Chemres expects to grow its activities at the West Unity site

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 14 January 2022

Vikas Lifecare acquires 75% stake in Genesis Gas Solutions

The company has entered into a definite agreement with the existing promoters/shareholders for acquiring 75% equity of Genesis Gas Solutions

General
General | 14 January 2022

AgBiome, Lamberti to develop biological crop protection solutions

The Joint Development Agreement will expand Lamberti's offering and involvement in the bio-based products

Chemical
Chemical | 14 January 2022

Sika reports growth in sales despite Covid-19

Company's sales rose significantly to a record CHF 9.24 billion, corresponding to growth of 17.1% in local currencies

General
General | 14 January 2022

ADM partners with Wolf Carbon Solutions to advance decarbonization of its footprints

The deal will allow Wolf Carbon Solutions to capture, compress and transport CO2 from ADM’s ethanol and cogeneration facilities in Clinton and Cedar Rapids, Iowa

General
General | 14 January 2022

Yara signs green fertilizer supply deal with agricultural cooperative Lantmännen

Green fertilizers will be produced with ammonia based on renewable energy and marketed by Lantmännen in Sweden starting in 2023

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 14 January 2022

Indaba to use Haldor Topsoe technology for production of sustainable aviation fuel

The facilities are expected to begin production of SAF in 2024 and capacity of the plants is 6500 barrels per day at each location

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 14 January 2022

Sabic, Aramco and PKN Orlen to explore petchem projects in Europe

The agreement will enable studying of several potential collaboration and investment opportunities including a new chemical production facility in Poland, the expansion of several existing assets and development of a new world scale cracker

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 14 January 2022

Neste completes successful processing trials for liquified plastic waste in Finland

The tests validate that Neste is already able to process significant quantities of recycled raw materials to drop-in products for petrochemical use, while developing the capabilities to upgrade even larger quantities of waste plastic into even higher quality feedstock for the petrochemicals uses

Technology
Technology | 14 January 2022

Sulzer process technology selected for NatureWorks biopolymer plant

Selected to design and supply lactide purification, polymerization and devolatilization units at NatureWorks’ facility in Thailand, Sulzer Chemtech will provide technology, engineering services and key equipment to design and supply fully customized production solutions

Digitization
Digitization | 14 January 2022

Emerson bags ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ award

Award recognizes Emerson’s innovation in industrial automation and software to help customers reach global sustainability targets

General
General | 14 January 2022

Borealis, Reclay Group to collaborate on recycling packaging waste in Germany

The new agreement provides Borealis with access to a secure and steady supply of feedstock in the form of lightweight packaging (LWP) waste collected by Reclay’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme in Germany

General
General | 14 January 2022

BroadPeak Global rebranded as BPGC Management

The name change follows the completed acquisition of the Clean Technologies business of DuPont du Nemours.

General
General | 14 January 2022

DSM forms new food & beverage business group

The new business group combines the company’s full range of food and beverage ingredients, expertise and science-based solutions that improve the taste and texture of foods, as well as support healthier lives and a healthier planet

Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 14 January 2022

Barentz acquires Chemcel; launches Barentz Mexico

The acquisition offers opportunity for further expansion through strategic principal relationships.

Chemical
Chemical | 14 January 2022

Evonik to build production plant for rhamnolipids in Slovakia

The new plant at Slovenská Ľupča site in Slovakia is scheduled to come on stream in two years

People
People | 14 January 2022

TotalEnergies appoints Thierry Pflimlin as President Marketing & Services

He joined the Total Group in 1984 and held a number of international positions.

Energy
Energy | 14 January 2022

TotalEnergies emerges as top bidder for solar power on buildings in France

TotalEnergies has won more than 250 MW of solar projects in total across all 13 rounds of the CRE 4 “rooftop solar” call for tenders initiated in 2017.

People
People | 14 January 2022

Synova appoints Jörg Krüger as CEO

Krüger will play a key role in Synova’s transition from demonstrating the technology at industrial scale to commercial roll out of the technology

Chemical
Chemical | 14 January 2022

Ashland increases capacity for Benecel cellulose ethers

Supporting customers’ growth is cornerstone of business strategy

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