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Brenntag increases footprint in Brazil by acquiring Quimisa
10-Oct-2019
Brenntag has signed an agreement to acquire Quimisa SA including its logistics subsidiary Quimilog. The company headquartered in Brusque, Brazil, has a strong market position in providing industrial and specialty chemicals to regional and international clients in Southern Brazil. The product ...
Chemical industry: procurement is the most effective way to achieve carbon neutrality
10-Oct-2019
The majority of German chemical companies see the adjustment of their procurement strategy as a key way to successfully master the challenge of carbon neutrality and compensate for expected competitive disadvantages. Sustainability aspects are already a central decision-making factor in the ...
Deep learning, prefabricated
09-Oct-2019
Self-driving cars, the automatic detection of cancer cells, online translation: deep learning makes it all possible. The ETH spin-off Mirage Technologies has developed a deep learning platform that aims to help start-ups and companies more quickly develop and optimise their products. The name has ...
Merck Completes Acquisition of Versum Materials
08-Oct-2019
Merck announced the closing of the transaction to acquire Versum Materials, Inc. for approximately €5.8billion. The business combination is expected to make Merck a leading electronic materials player focused on the semiconductor and display industries. The transaction closing followed the ...
BASF invests in Quantafuel to jointly drive chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste
08-Oct-2019
BASF SE is to invest €20 million into Quantafuel, a specialist for pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and purification of pyrolysis oil, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The investment will be facilitated via the subscription of new shares and via the grant of a convertible loan. Together, the ...
WACKER Launches Production of Pyrogenic Silica in the US
04-Oct-2019
The Munich-based WACKER Group officially brought a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica on stream at its US site in Charleston, Tennessee. The facility has an annual production capacity of 13,000 metric tons. WACKER will use this output both for sales purposes and for its own silicone ...
Bruker Announces Acquisition of Magnettech's EPR Business
Bruker and Freiberg Instruments Establish Related EPR Supply Partnership
04-Oct-2019
Bruker announced the acquisition of the Magnettech EPR business from Freiberg Instruments GmbH, and the establishment of a related, long-term EPR supply partnership with Freiberg Instruments. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Magnettech's benchtop electron paramagnetic ...
BASF to expand integrated ethylene oxide and derivatives complex at its Verbund site in Antwerp
02-Oct-2019
In line with its customer-focused corporate strategy, BASF will expand the capacity of ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide derivatives at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The total investment adds about 400,000 metric tons per year to BASF’s production capacity for the corresponding products ...
Italmatch Chemicals Group acquires Water Science Technologies
02-Oct-2019
Italmatch Chemicals announced that it has acquired Water Science Technologies (WST), a leading blender and chemical solutions provider for the North American oil & gas and industrial water treatment industries. The acquisition further strengthens Italmatch Chemicals leadership in the North ...
LANXESS wins Responsible Care competition 2019 of German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)
30-Sep-2019
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS received on September 26 the first prize in the nationwide Responsible Care competition from the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI). The company submitted the project “Resource-efficient manufacturing of leather chemicals” (ReeL). Responsible Care is ...
