Syensqo accelerates clean energy transition with largest electric vehicle battery materials facility in North America

01-May-2024 - Syensqo broke ground on its future battery-grade polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) facility inAugusta, Georgia. They were joined by Tom Perez, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and by Giulia Siccardo, Director of the ...

Syensqo invests in Bioeutectics, a start-up producing green solvents

The investment will contribute to bring more sustainable products and processes to market

29-Jan-2024 - Syensqo Ventures, the group’s venture capital fund, participated in the $2.1 million financing round for Bioeutectics, alongside Fen Ventures ,Atento Capital and SOSV (IndieBio). Founded in 2019, Bioeutectics provides natural and high-performance solvents that make industrial products and ...

Net-zero chemicals industry initiative relaunches as the Global Impact Coalition

The CEO-led chemical industry initiative, incubated by the World Economic Forum, has been relaunched

05-Dec-2023 - To drive the global chemical industry on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050, the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative, incubated and hosted by the World Economic Forum for more than three years, has now officially launched as the independent Global Impact Coalition. With a suite ...

PCG completes acquisition of Perstorp

Ambition to preserve and grow the value of Perstorp, focusing on its growth projects

12-Oct-2022 - Perstorp announced that it has been acquired by PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), Malaysia´s leading integrated chemicals provider and part of PETRONAS Group, on 11 October 2022. In May this year, PCG signed a Securities Purchase Agreement with Financière Forêt S.à.r.l, a company under PAI ...

Milliken & Company Announces Acquisition of Zebra-chem

Investment in peroxide masterbatches accelerates growth in plastic recycling

03-Mar-2021 - Milliken & Company, a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Zebra-chem GmbH, a global chemicals company known for its peroxide and blowing agent masterbatches. With more brands and governments globally setting ...

Clariant and SINOPEC sign fuel upgrading catalyst technology cooperation agreements

15-Jan-2018 - Clariant announced that it has signed two key agreements with SINOPEC, China’s largest petroleum and chemical company. The agreements were signed in Beijing by the companies’ senior management on September 27, 2017. The first of these is the FCAS Series Sorbent Agreement in which SINOPEC has ...

Henkel opens new composite test center in Japan

Allowing automotive customers to team up with Henkel experts to develop and test composite parts

24-Jul-2017 - Henkel has opened a state-of-the-art test facility for composites in Japan. The new Composite Lab in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, will allow automotive customers from across Asia to team up with Henkel experts to develop and test composite parts, and to establish the best process conditions to make their ...

Perstorp acquires polyol company Polialcoli Srl

11-Jul-2017 - Perstorp announces the agreement for the acquisition of Polialcoli Srl from Polioli SpA. The agreement includes the Neo, TMP and TMPDE as well as the associated Formate businesses located at the Vercelli site (Italy). Included in the transaction are also technology, know-how and equipment. The 74 ...

Azelis acquires Ametech

10-Aug-2016 - Azelis has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Milan-based Ametech. With its Italian, French and Spanish operations, Ametech is a market leader in agrochemicals for the distribution of adjuvants and surfactants and employs around 30 employees who will all become part of the Azelis ...

Archroma Completes Acquisition of BASF Textile Chemicals Business

08-Jul-2015 - Archroma announced that it has closed the acquisition of BASF’s global* textile chemicals business. The acquisition further solidifies Archroma’s position as a clear industry leader in supplying chemicals and dyes to the global textile industry. Archroma is a portfolio company of US-based private ...