04.11.2016
- US engineering and construction company Fluor has won a contract from Sasol Group Technology, a division of Sasol South Africa, to build an additional oxygen train at Secunda in...
31.10.2016
- Growing demand has prompted Arkema to boost capacity for its Kynar polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in Changshu, China. The French chemical producer said the 25% increase in output...
31.10.2016
- Two Japanese companies, Ube Industries and Mitsubishi Chemical, have agreed to combine their electrolyte businesses in China in a 50:50 joint venture. The deal aimed at enhancing...
26.08.2016
- Solar Impulse, the first airplane designed to fly day and night without requiring fuel and without producing carbon emissions, again demonstrated the potential held by new...
16.08.2016
- The stunning catamaran PlanetSolar that has been launched in March 2010 in Kiel, Germany, is the winner of the 2012 Practical Boat Owner (PBO) Green Award for having...
14.08.2016
- UK specialty chemical and technology company Johnson Matthey has signed a patent license agreement with 3M to further expand the use of nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode...
11.08.2016
- Germany’s BASF and Japan’s Toda Kogyo are in exclusive talks to extend an existing Japanese collaboration in cathode active materials (CAM) and precursors to North America. Last...
02.08.2016
- Continuing its exit from the European chloralkali industry, Solvay has agreed to sell its chlorine and peroxide derivatives site at Bussi sul Tirino, Italy, to Caffaro for an...
29.04.2016
- Belgium’s Umicore, a leading supplier of cathode materials for batteries, is accelerating its capacity expansion plans to meet a surge in demand from hybrid and electric vehicles...
13.04.2016
- BASF has taken a license from US-based CAMX Power relating to the CAMX suite of CAM-7 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. CAM-7 is a patented cathode material that the...
