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Technetics PTFE | October 01, 2021

echnetics PTFE & Polymer Solutions (aka Technetics Group Houston) has been acquired by Edgewater Capital Partners effective September 3, 2021. The new name is Altamira Material Solutions LP. This acquisition includes two PTFE and Polymer processing facilities in Houston and one location in Hatfield, PA that provides best in class chemical etching services for the fluoropolymer industry. "The team Altamira Material Solutions is excited to build on ou...

Radio | January 30, 2020

The Westwego City Council listened to residents rail against the proposed $500-million chemical storage and distillation facility planned for the Kinder Morgan site on the Mississippi River in the community. The vote came following a presentation from Wanhua's U.S. CEO Eduardo Do Val. Do Val reportedly couldn't provide adequate questions about the plant's operations, safety features, or about the chemical the plant would distill into a number of chemical components for p...

Consultancy | January 21, 2020

The global reach of the chemicals industry value chain has made it susceptible to a number of factors prevalent in the international business environment, according to report by Intueri Consulting. The $214 billion industry is facing challenges from trade tensions as well as sluggish economic growth, among other factors. Intueri’s report examines the entire complex chemicals value chain, which stretches across various chemicals and elements and extends across borders. Individual components...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

INDAVER, DOCKWATER | June 01, 2021

AVAIO Capital announced that its subsidiary DOCKWATER BV has signed memorandums of understanding with INDAVER NV and MONUMENT CHEMICAL BV. It would provide them with sustainable process water from its DOCKWATER desalination facility in the Port of Antwerp for an 18-year term. DOCKWATER presently has agreements with five companies (Covestro, Evonik, Ashland, INDAVER, and MONUMENT) that have decided to seek a sustainable solution for their water requirements, reducing their expenses...