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Akrochem | July 20, 2021

AKRON, Ohio, Akrochem, a leading provider of rubber chemicals and compounding materials, today announced the acquisition of Bech Chem, LLC, a company with more than 25 years of experience in the worldwide chemical supply chain. The transaction is effective immediately, and Akrochem will continue to operate under its current name. The purchase of Bech Chem, based in Houston, Texas, enables Akrochem to expand into new industries, as well as provide more extensive support services fo...

Sciencedaily | August 31, 2020

Ethylene is the most important chemical precursor for ethanol and polyethylene and is mainly produced by steam cracking. Although the ethylene fraction is usually very pure (more than 99%), remaining traces of acetylene contaminants can destroy the catalysts used in downstream processes. As ethylene and acetylene are very similar and only differ in the amount of hydrogen atoms -- ethylene has four hydrogen atoms bound to two carbon atoms, acetylene has two -- the separation of both gases is elab...

CEN | February 05, 2020

With its escalating infections, city shutdowns, and nationwide transportation halts, the coronavirus epidemic is starting to strain China’s chemical industry. But experts see the impact as manageable and, they hope, shortlived. By the afternoon of Feb. 5, 24,423 people were confirmed infected with the new virus, 16,678 of them in the central Chinese province of Hubei. The death toll in the province was 472, more than the 349 people who died in China from the SARS virus in 2003. The governm...

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Tiger Infrastructure Partners | May 26, 2022

Tiger Infrastructure Partners announced that portfolio company Summit Carbon Solutions developer of the world's largest carbon capture and storage project, completed its $1 billion equity raise including a $300 million commitment from TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate investing strategy of TPG's global impact investing platform TPG Rise. Tiger Infrastructure was a founding investor in SCS. Tiger Infrastructure's CEO Emil W. Henry, Jr., board member of SCS, also s...