Total, through its affiliate Saft, and PSA with Opel, announced their plan to combine their know-how to develop EV battery manufacturing activity in Europe. To this end, the partners intend to establish a joint venture named Automotive Cell Company (ACC).

Under the deal, Celanese is expected to acquire all of Nouryon’s global production facilities across Europe and Asia that deal in redispersible polymer powder. Celanese will also take over all the products under the Elotex portfolio along with all customer agreements and technology.

Phillips Sumika, a joint operation of Phillip Chevoron and Sumika Polymers, faces the liquidation of its business. Production facilities in Pasadena will be shut down by the end of the year.

More than twenty years ago Luck Stone Corporation, one of the largest family-owned and operated aggregates companies in the USA, embarked on a sequenced investigation to satisfy demand for a dry asphalt sand product that would avoid the environmental concerns inherent in wet systems. The solution also led them to applications for the production of their own design for dry engineered concrete sand.

In a recent online survey HIS asked engineers and technical professionals in the industrial sector about the pace of engineering, available resources, knowledge management practices, performance measurements and more.

Domo Chemicals announced that it has completed its acquisition of Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This Business includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and Intermediates operations in France, Spain and Poland.

Merck has launched its latest innovation in pharmaceutical bioburden and water testing with its new Milliflex Oasis System.

Dow Dupont Materials Science announced the start-up of its new integrated world-scale ethylene production facility and its new Elite enhanced polyethylene production facility, both in Freeport, Texas. Both units will continue to ramp up through the third quarter and are expected to reach full rates in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Sandoz announced the successful acquisition of Aspen’s Japanese operations and assets. The transaction is to reinforce the company's strategic focus on Japan, the world’s third largest market for generics and off-patent medicines.

Since 1977, Volpak, part of Coesia, is specialised in the design and manufacturing of horizontal form-fill and seal pouching machines for flexible packaging. In this journey of more than 40 years, the company has consistently focused on product innovation. 2019 has been a key year from a technology innovation perspective, with major developments in the areas of high speed and sustainability solutions as well as new services that improve machine availability and efficiency.