Kemira has announced changes to its operating model with the aim of increasing customer-centricity, strategic focus, speed of delivery, and accelerating growth. This will take effect from 1 January 2025.
International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has agreed to buy Clariant’s decommissioned bioethanol plant in Podari, Romania, for its biotech CDMO subsidiary Corden BioChem.
Chemours has opened Chemours Battery Innovation Centre (CBIC) at the Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware. CBIC will support the testing and scaling of next-generation lithium-ion battery technologies to produce batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Barentz International has acquired distributors in two different regions in short order. The acquisition of Insuqui in Paraguay followed a few weeks after that of the Anshul Life Sciences Group in India.
The CDMO operation was not the main attraction when Arxada was formed but has turned out to be one of the most promising. Andrew Warmington met Olivier Lambrechts, president of the NCE business
Luxembourg-based carbon black giant Orion has made a Form 8-K filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that it expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of about $60 million.
Arcadium Lithium, the company formed by the merger of Livent and Allkem at the start of the year, has acquired the lithium metal business of Li-Metal for $11 million. This includes a pilot production facility in Ontario.
Catena-X and industry body Together for Sustainability (TfS) have launched PCF Verification Framework, an initiative to enhance the credibility and effectiveness of product carbon footprint (PCF) data across the automotive and chemical supply chains.
Researchers at the University of Bath have published a report in Chemical Engineering Journal about a method that removes at least 75% of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from water using ceramic-infused lattices (or ‘monoliths’).
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The CDMO operation was not the main attraction when Arxada was formed but has turned out to be one of the most promising. Andrew Warmington met Olivier Lambrechts, president of the NCE business
When a company is newly formed, it can take time for the owners and managers to work out exactly what they have – and which part will be the most valuable. Arxada is a case in point.
International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has agreed to buy Clariant’s decommissioned bioethanol plant in Podari, Romania, for its biotech CDMO subsidiary Corden BioChem. No financial details were disclosed, but ICIG will rehire “a large proportion” of the laid-off employees and spend a double-digit million Euro sum, mainly in downstream operations, to make the site a flexible CMO.
Scott Sandler from ABSG Consulting reveals the depth of the changes happening with the latest Rule changes to help ensure that people, plant and processes remain safer in their operations
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently finalised amendments to the Risk Management Program (RMP) on the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule. This was initially proposed in August 2022 and has imposed the most protective safety provisions to date for the chemical industry and facility operators.
