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Daily Democrat | March 17, 2020

California’s rush to detect new cases of COVID-19 has been slowed by shortages of a key chemical needed to conduct the diagnostic tests, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. And because of this shortage, the federal government has restrictions on who gets tested, even as the cases and deaths mount. “My great concern is we could be testing a lot more people,” said Newsom. California now has 8,227 test kits sent by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he said. The kit...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Celanese | August 25, 2022

Celanese Corporation a global chemical and specialty materials company, announced receipt of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to produce and characterize a working prototype for a refillable contraceptive implant. The research and development will be conducted within the Celanese Pharmaceutical Development and Feasibility Lab and the project is expected to produce a functional prototype that meets all established project parameters within an 18-month timeframe. ...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Westlake | August 05, 2021

Westlake Chemical Corporation, today announced plans for one of its subsidiaries to acquire the parent company of Dimex LLC, from Grey Mountain Partners, a private equity firm. Based in Marietta, Ohio, Dimex produces a variety of consumer products made from post-industrial-recycled (PIR) polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials, and has annualized sales of approximately $100 million. These consumer products include landscape edging; industrial, home...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Aramco and Cognite | June 20, 2022

Aramco and Cognite, a global leader in industrial software, have launched CNTXT, a joint venture based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Headquartered in Riyadh, CNTXT will support industrial digitalization in the Kingdom and the wider MENA region. CNTXT will provide digital transformation services enabled by advanced cloud solutions and leading industrial software. These solutions and services will help companies in the public and private sectors future-proof their data infrastruct...