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Chemical Management

Element Solutions Inc | January 28, 2022

Element Solutions Inc announced that it has acquired HSO Herbert Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG, a privately-held, multi-national developer of surface finishing technology and chemistry headquartered in Solingen, Germany. Founded in 1936, HSO develops and manufactures highly-specialized solutions for decorative and functional surface finishing with a focus on environmentally sustainable products, especially in the field of Plating on Plastics. In 2021, HSO was certified as a climate-ne...

Chemical Management

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. | July 13, 2022

Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc., a clean energy company pioneering the creation of renewable, drop-in transportation fuels from landfill waste, today announced that it has completed a $20 million equity investment in Fulcrum by SK Innovation, the energy arm of South Korea's SK Group. In addition, Fulcrum and SK Innovation will work together to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement providing the opportunity to explore the possibilities of bringing Fulcrum's patented and proprietary waste-to-...

Commodities

Chevron Phillips Chemical | May 06, 2021

Chevron Phillips Chemical declared today intends to expand its alpha olefins business with a subsequent world-scale unit to create deliberately 1-hexene. Expected limit with regards to the new unit is 266 KTA with targeted startup in 2023 and its area will be Old Ocean, Texas, close to the organization's Sweeny office. At its pinnacle, the task expects supporting in excess of 600 development occupations and 50 or more full-time positions. 1-hexene is a basic segment in the cre...

Grand Rapids Business Journal | April 10, 2020

A local chemical company is working to produce and sell more than 100,000 gallons of hand sanitizer it is making from denatured ethanol. Grand Rapids-based Haviland Enterprises, working with chemical supplier Rochester Hills-based Plymouth Technology, is taking advantage of a new Food and Drug Administration concession that allows the use of denatured ethanol in hand sanitizer production to make large volumes of it to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. While sheltering in place, Amanda Richie, C...