01-Nov-2022

Arkema announces the proposed divestment of Febex, a company specialized in phosphorus-based chemistry, to Belgian group Prayon. Arkema thus continues its dynamic business portfolio management. Febex is a global player in phosphorus derivatives (high purity phosphoric acid, sodium hypophosphite ...

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14-Sep-2022

Air Liquide announces the sale of its Industrial Merchant business in Saudi Arabia to Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment Co. Ltd., Air Products’ Merchant Industrial Gas Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia. This transaction includes Air Liquide’s share in Air Liquide Khafra Industrial Gases ...

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“These investments underline our growth ambitions and confirm our commitment to supporting economic development in France”

13-Jul-2022

A €20 million investment has been announced by AkzoNobel to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France. Around 30 new jobs will be created. A total of €15 million will be spent on the company’s aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which was taken over following the Mapaero ...

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27-Jun-2022

Siemens Energy and Air Liquide announce the creation of a joint venture dedicated to the series production of industrial scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers in Europe. With two of the global leading companies in their field combining their expertise, this Franco-German partnership will enable ...

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Their degradation in water is much faster than that of reference polymers

27-May-2022

Although plastics are very versatile in their uses, they pose a major problem: their degradation. Most of them take a long time to decompose in nature. In a new study published in Nature Communications, a research team from the CNRS and the University of Paris-Saclay has developed new polymers ...

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Improving the performance of materials used in lithium-ion and lithium-sulfur batteries is a priority to meet portable energy needs

05-May-2022

An increasingly large share of portable energy needs will be supplied by mobile energy storage devices, such as lithium-ion batteries. Arkema, CNRS, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and CPE Lyon have just created iHub Poly-9. This joint laboratory will be dedicated to the design of new ...

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26-Apr-2022

How do I store more, and better? This summarizes the challenge of transporting flammable gases. To ensure industrial safety, these gases must be handled at defined temperature and pressure conditions that do not allow for optimal storage and release cycles. Existing porous materials can ...

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New world-scale HMD plant in Chalampé and expansion of polyamide 6.6 production in Freiburg

19-Jan-2022

BASF decided to build a new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France. The new plant is set to increase BASF’s annual HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons. Production is expected to start in 2024. Furthermore, BASF will expand its polyamide 6.6 production in Freiburg, ...

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10-Nov-2021

In October 2021, LUM GmbH started a strategic partnership with the French company VIALAB SARL in order to be able to offer French customers greater expertise in solving their questions in the field of bitumen, petroleum and related emulsions. Under the patronage of LUM France, VIALAB SARL will ...

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Ultrafast charge transfer in Prussian blue analogues

23-Aug-2021

Photoinduced charge transfers are an interesting electronic property of Prussian blue and some analogously structured compounds. A team of researchers has now been able to elucidate the ultrafast processes in the light-induced charge transfer between iron and manganese in a manganese-containing ...

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